In this paper, dislocation climb is incorporated in a two-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics model. Calculations are carried out for polycrystalline thin films, passivated on one or both surfaces. Climb allows dislocations to escape from dislocation pile-ups and reduces the strainhardening rate, especially for fully passivated films. Within the framework of this model, climb modifies the dislocation structures that develop during plastic deformation and results in the formation of pile-ups on slip planes that do not contain any dislocation sources. V C 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx
The effects of dislocation climb on plastic deformation during loading and unloading are studied using a two-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics model. Simulations are performed for polycrystalline thin films passivated on both surfaces. Dislocation climb lowers the overall level of the stress inside thin films and reduces the work hardening rate. Climb decreases the density of dislocations in pile-ups and reduces back stresses. These factors result in a smaller Bauschinger effect on unloading compared to simulations without climb. As dislocations continue to climb at the onset of unloading and the dislocation density continues to increase, the initial unloading slope increases with decreasing unloading rate. Because climb disperses dislocations, fewer dislocations are annihilated during unloading, leading to a higher dislocation density at the end of the unloading step. V C 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. [http://dx
Explaining the work hardening behavior of metals has been a big challenge over the past eighty years. Although individual processes are well understood, the study of the overall effects of these processes was difficult before the emergence of computer modeling. In this paper, we employ discrete dislocation dynamics to establish a continuum-based model for the evolution of the dislocation structure in polycrystalline thin films. The Taylor equation is evaluated and expressions are developed for the density of active dislocation sources, as well as dislocation nucleation and annihilation rates. We demonstrate how the size effect naturally enters the evolution equation. Very good agreement between the simulation and the model results is obtained. The current approach is based on a two-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics model, but can be extended to three-dimensional models.
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