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High Density of Interfaces With Severely Mechanical Difference Controlled High Ductility in Heterogeneous Materials Based on Crystal Plasticity

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The synthesis of various heterogeneous structures has provided a new design principle for the unprecedented mechanical properties of metallic materials, such as strength-ductility synergy and extraordinary strain hardening. However, the key parameter that controls such properties remains a challenging issue. For solving this, a series of simulations of HSs with precisely controlled microstructure have been done to examine its effect on mechanical properties based on the crystal plasticity model which is modified to take grain boundary hardening, hetero-deformation induced hardening and size-dependent damage variable into account. As for the microstructures with various grain size distributions (100 nm to 100 μm) for pure nickel and low carbon steels, the numerical results show good agreement with the experimental data in regards to the yield stress, subsequent strain hardening and uniform ductility. Furthermore, by manipulating the spatial distribution of coarse grains, the deformation mechanisms of three typical types of heterogeneous structures with bimodal size distributions were analyzed. In addition, the relationship between the interfaces with severely mechanical difference and strain hardening was quantitatively investigated. Overall, these findings can provide valuable guidance to the optimal design of heterogeneous microstructures with superior properties.

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Abbreviations

HDI:

Hetero-deformation induced

BS:

Bimodal structure

HS:

Harmonic structure

LS:

Lamella structure

RVE:

Representative volume element

UE:

Uniform elongation

CG:

Coarse grain

FG:

Fine grain

GND:

Geometrically necessary dislocation

SSD:

Statistically stored dislocation

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This work was sponsored by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1902404), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51725503,51975211), Shanghai Rising-Star Program (20QA1402500) and Foundation Strengthening Plan Technology Field Fund Project (2019-JCJQ-JJ-454). The authors are also grateful to Prof. Esteban Busso for his fruitful discussion and insightful comments.

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Zhang, Y., Zhang, XC., Jia, YF. et al. High Density of Interfaces With Severely Mechanical Difference Controlled High Ductility in Heterogeneous Materials Based on Crystal Plasticity. Metall Mater Trans A 53, 3918–3936 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-022-06794-z

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