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Scale-Free Modeling of Coupled Evolution of Discrete Dislocation Bands and Multivariant Martensitic Microstructure
Valery I Levitas1,2,3, S Ehsan Esfahani1, Iman Ghamarian4
1Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
Abstract:
A scale-free model for the coupled evolution of discrete dislocation bands and multivariant martensitic microstructure is developed. In contrast to previous phase field models, which are limited to nanoscale specimens, this model allows for treating the nucleation and evolution of martensite at evolving dislocation pileups, twin tips, and shear bands in a sample of an arbitrary size. The model is applied for finite element simulations of plastic strain-induced phase transformations (PTs) in a polycrystalline sample under compression and shear. The solution explains the one to two orders of magnitude reduction in PT pressure by plastic shear, the existence of incompletely transformed stationary state, and optimal shear strain for the strain-induced synthesis of high pressure phases.
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