Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients
| dc.contributor.author | Castelluccio, Gustavo M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lim, Hojun | |
| dc.contributor.author | Emery, John M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Battaile, Corbett C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-18T08:28:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-18T08:28:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-06-14 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Traditional fracture theories infer damage at cracks (local field) by surveying loading conditions away from cracks (far field). This approach has been successful in predicting ductile fracture, but it normally assumes isotropic and homogeneous materials. However, myriads of manufacturing procedures induce heterogeneous microstructural gradients that can affect the accuracy of traditional fracture models. This work presents a microstructure-sensitive finite element approach to explore the shielding effects of grain size and crystallographic orientation gradients on crack tip microplasticity and blunting. A dislocation density-based crystal plasticity model conveys texture evolution, grain size effects, and directional hardening by computing the constraint from dislocation structures. The results demonstrate that the microstructure can act as a buffer between the local and far fields that affects the crack tip microplasticity variability. For nominal opening loading, grain size and texture affect the local ductility and induce a non-negligible multiaxial plastic deformation. Furthermore, driving forces based on measuring displacements away from the crack tip are less affected by the microstructure, which suggests that traditional experimental methods smear out important crack tip variability. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | Castelluccio GM, Lim H, Emery JM, Battaile C. (2021) Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Volume 44, Issue 9, September 2021, pp. 2337-2355 | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.issn | 8756-758X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13493 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16784 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en_UK |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | crack tip displacement | en_UK |
| dc.subject | crystal plasticity | en_UK |
| dc.subject | grain size | en_UK |
| dc.subject | microplasticity | en_UK |
| dc.subject | microstructure | en_UK |
| dc.title | Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | en_UK |