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Title: Crystal plasticity investigation of the microstructural factors influencing dislocation channeling in a model irradiated bcc material

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia
 [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

We use a continuum crystal plasticity framework to study the effect of microstructure and mesoscopic factors on dislocation channeling and flow localization in an irradiated model bcc alloy. For simulated dislocation channeling characteristics we correlate the dislocation and defect densities in the substructure, local Schmid factor, and stress triaxiality, in terms of their temporal and spatial evolution. A metric is introduced to assess the propensity for localization and is correlated to the grain-level Schmid factor. We also found that localization generally takes place in grains with a local Schmid factor in the range 0.42 or higher. Surface slip step heights are computed at free surfaces and compared to relevant experiments.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1304715
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-29670
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Vol. 110, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 43 works
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