Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. (RAMS)
No 1/2, Vol. 50, 2017, pages 31-36

CROSSOVER FROM DISLOCATION SLIP TO DEFORMATION TWINNING
IN NANOSTRUCTURED AND COARSE-GRAINED METALS

I.A. Ovid'ko and N.V. Skiba

Abstract

A theoretical model is suggested which describes crossover from dislocation slip to deformation twinning in nanostructured and coarse-grained polycrystalline metals. In the framework of the suggested model, lattice dislocations that mediate dislocation slip in a grain interior are stopped by a grain boundary and form a pile-up configuration. Head dislocations of the pile-up are absorbed by the grain boundary where they split into grain boundary dislocations. A deformation twin is nucleated at these grain boundary dislocations and propagates to the neighbouring grain interior. The energy and stress characteristics of this transformation in nanostructured and coarse-grained polycrystalline metals (Ni, Ti) are calculated. Results of the suggested theoretical model are consistent with experimental data reported in literature.

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