Papers by Author: Toshiyasu Kinari

Abstract: The relationship between grain subdivision mechanisms of a crystalline metal and the strain gradient under severe plastic deformation is studied by using molecular dynamics simulations in quasi two dimensions. Two problems are simulated for single crystal models: (a) uniaxial tensile and compressive deformation and (b) localized shear deformation. In the case of uniaxial deformation, a large number of dislocation pairs with opposite Burgers vectors are generated under deformation, but most dislocations are vanished due to pair annihilation under relaxation. Therefore, no dislocation boundary can be formed. On the other hand, in case of localized shear deformation with large strain gradient, dislocation boundaries are formed between undeformed and deformed regions. These dislocations can be regarded as geometrically necessary dislocations. Consequently, the importance of the strain gradient to make grain boundaries under plastic deformation can be confirmed by atomic simulations.

Abstract: The interactions between edge dislocations and the grain boundary have been studied by using quasicontinuum simulations. With an increase in the shear strain, dislocation pile-up is created and local stress concentration occurs at the head of the pile-up. The relationship between the stress concentration and the number of dislocations in the pile-up is discussed.