Geometrically necessary dislocations and related kinematic hardening in gradient grained materials: A nonlocal crystal plasticity study

X Zhang, J Zhao, G Kang, M Zaiser - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
Gradient grained metals whose microstructure is characterized by a spatially graded grain
size distribution show a better strength-ductility combination than their homogeneous …

Continuum dislocation dynamics: towards a physical theory of crystal plasticity

T Hochrainer, S Sandfeld, M Zaiser… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2014 - Elsevier
The plastic deformation of metals is the result of the motion and interaction of dislocations,
line defects of the crystalline structure. Continuum models of plasticity, however, remain …

A novel continuum dislocation density field-based crystal plasticity theory

Q Ruan, EP Busso, Z Fan, C Ling, D Li - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel dislocation density field-based crystal plasticity formulation, that
incorporates up-scaled continuum dislocation density fields to represent all possible …

Thermodynamically consistent continuum dislocation dynamics

T Hochrainer - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016 - Elsevier
Dislocation based modeling of plasticity is one of the central challenges at the crossover of
materials science and continuum mechanics. Develo** a continuum theory of dislocations …

Continuum modeling of dislocation plasticity: Theory, numerical implementation, and validation by discrete dislocation simulations

S Sandfeld, T Hochrainer, M Zaiser… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Miniaturization of components and devices calls for an increased effort on physically
motivated continuum theories, which can predict size-dependent plasticity by accounting for …

Obstacles and sources in dislocation dynamics: Strengthening and statistics of abrupt plastic events in nanopillar compression

S Papanikolaou, H Song, E Van der Giessen - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mechanical deformation of nanopillars displays features that are distinctly different from the
bulk behavior of single crystals: Yield strength increases with decreasing size and plastic …

Numerical implementation of a 3D continuum theory of dislocation dynamics and application to micro-bending

S Sandfeld, T Hochrainer, P Gumbsch… - Philosophical …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Crystal plasticity is governed by the motion of lattice dislocations. Although continuum
theories of static dislocation assemblies date back to the 1950s, the line-like character of …

On dislocation pileups and stress-gradient dependent plastic flow

N Taheri-Nassaj, HM Zbib - International Journal of Plasticity, 2015 - Elsevier
In strain-gradient plasticity, the length scale controlling size effect has been attributed to so-
called geometrically necessary dislocations. This size dependency in plasticity can also be …

Deformation and strain localization in polycrystals with plastically heterogeneous grains

M Khadyko, CD Marioara, IG Ringdalen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
A model of a polycrystalline material is studied, where each grain consists of several zones
with different plastic properties. The size and configuration of the zones as well as their …

A new dislocation-density-function dynamics scheme for computational crystal plasticity by explicit consideration of dislocation elastic interactions

HS Leung, PSS Leung, B Cheng, AHW Ngan - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Current strategies of computational crystal plasticity that focus on individual atoms or
dislocations are impractical for real-scale, large-strain problems even with today's computing …