We simulate the glide motion of an assembly of interacting dislocations under the action of an external shear stress and show that the associated plastic creep relaxation follows Andrade’s law. Our results indicate that Andrade creep in plastically deforming crystals involves the correlated motion of dislocation structures near a dynamic transition separating a flowing from a jammed phase. Simulations in the presence of dislocation multiplication and noise confirm the robustness of this finding and highlight the importance of metastable structure formation for the relaxation process.

Dislocation jamming and Andrade creep / M. -Carmen Miguel, A. Vespignani, M. Zaiser, S. Zapperi. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 89:16(2002 Oct 14), pp. 165501.1-165501.4.

Dislocation jamming and Andrade creep

S. Zapperi
2002

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We simulate the glide motion of an assembly of interacting dislocations under the action of an external shear stress and show that the associated plastic creep relaxation follows Andrade’s law. Our results indicate that Andrade creep in plastically deforming crystals involves the correlated motion of dislocation structures near a dynamic transition separating a flowing from a jammed phase. Simulations in the presence of dislocation multiplication and noise confirm the robustness of this finding and highlight the importance of metastable structure formation for the relaxation process.
Critical-dynamics; single-crystals; deformation; simultation; slip; flow
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica della Materia
14-ott-2002
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