孪生诱发软化与强化效应的Cu晶体塑性行为模拟

Modelling of the Plastic Behavior of Cu Crystal with Twinning-Induced Softening and Strengthening Effects

基于晶体塑性理论,考虑孪生软化效应建立了描述孪晶形核、增殖和长大的位错密度基晶体塑性有限元模型。应用该模型揭示了不同晶体取向Cu单晶拉伸变形过程中位错滑移、孪生激活及其交互作用下的宏观塑性行为演化规律,进一步分析了Cu多晶拉伸变形过程中晶粒间交互作用对孪生软化、应变硬化等宏观塑性行为的影响。结果表明:孪生具有明显的取向效应,在孪生主导塑性条件下,Cu单晶塑性变形过程中孪晶增殖导致应力-应变曲线存在明显的应力突降现象,其塑性变形分为滑移、孪生及位错与孪晶交互作用3个阶段;此外,随着饱和孪晶体积分数增加,Cu单晶塑性变形过程中第3阶段的应变硬化率也随之提升。进一步模拟Cu多晶拉伸变形的塑性行为可知,在晶粒间交互作用下孪晶形核、增殖和长大过程中不会出现应力突降现象,与Cu单晶相比整个塑性变形过程具有更高的应变硬化率;Cu多晶塑性变形过程中位错密度在晶界处出现集中现象,孪晶也容易在晶界处形成。

Dislocation slip and twinning are the main deformation mechanisms dominating plastic behavior of crystalline materials,such as twinning-induced plasticity steel,Cu,Mg,and their alloys.The influence of twinning and interaction between dislocations and twins on the plastic deformation of crystal materials is complex.On the one hand,a sudden stress drop in the stress-strain curve during twin nucleation,propagation,and growth(TNPG)of crystal materials,i.e.,the twinning softening effect,is evident.On the other hand,the interaction between twins and dislocations demonstrates the strengthening effect of plastic deformation.Polycrystalline materials are used in engineering applications,and twin nucleation corresponds to different strains in each grain.Therefore,determining the influence of twin softening and strengthening effects on plastic deformation of polycrystalline materials is difficult.In this work,a crystal plastic finite element model of Cu,considering the twinning softening effect,was developed to describe the TNPG process based on the crystal plasticity theory.The method was used to reveal the influence of twins’activation and their interaction with dislocations on strain hardening during the tension of Cu single crystal and polycrystal.The results show that twinning has an evident orientation effect.Under twinning favorable orientation,a sudden stress drop in the stress-strain curve caused by twinning propagation during plastic deformation of Cu single crystal is evident,and the total plastic deformation can be divided into three stages:slip,twinning,and interaction between dislocations and twins.Compared with Cu single crystal,the stress-strain curve changes smoothly and the strain hardening rate is higher during the tension of Cu polycrystal.Meanwhile,the dislocation density is concentrated at the grain boundary,and twins are easy to form at the grain boundary during the plastic deformation of Cu polycrystal.