Mechanics of Dislocation Fields

Mechanics of Dislocation Fields

Claude Fressengeas, University of Lorraine, France


ISBN : 9781848213753

Publication Date : September 2017

Hardcover 244 pp

105 USD

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Description


Accompanying the present trend of engineering systems aimed at size reduction and design at microscopic/nanoscopic length scales, Mechanics of Dislocation Fields describes the self-organization of dislocation ensembles at small length scales and its consequences on the overall mechanical behavior of crystalline bodies.

The account of the fundamental interactions between the dislocations and other microscopic crystal defects is based on the use of smooth field quantities and powerful tools from the mathematical theory of partial differential equations. The resulting theory is able to describe the emergence of dislocation microstructures and their evolution along complex loading paths. Scale transitions are performed between the properties of the dislocation ensembles and the mechanical behavior of the body.

Several variants of this overall scheme are examined which focus on dislocation cores, electromechanical interactions of dislocations with electric charges in dielectric materials, the intermittency and scale-invariance of dislocation activity, grain-to-grain interactions in polycrystals, size effects on mechanical behavior and path dependence of strain hardening.

Contents


1. Continuous Dislocation Modeling.
2. Elasto-static Field Equations.
3. Dislocation Transport.
4. Constitutive Relations.
5. Elasto-plastic Field Equations.
6. Case Studies.
7. Review and Conclusions.

About the authors/editors


Claude Fressengeas is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lorraine, France. His research activity focuses on the plasticity and fracture of crystalline materials, the self-organization of microscopic crystal defect ensembles and its consequences on the mechanical behavior of materials.

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