A systematic investigation was made of the microstructures which resulted from simulations of over-damped dislocation dynamics. A quantitative assessment was made of the impact of various slip-system constraints and force-truncation schemes. It was shown that the degree of local ordering in these structures was related to the number of active slip planes. The microstructures which resulted from a common force cut-off scheme were compared with those generated by applying full periodic boundary conditions. It was found that the dislocation structure was quite sensitive to the choice of boundary conditions.

Analysis of Dislocation Microstructures: Impact of Force Truncation and Slip Systems. H.Y.Wang, R.LeSar, J.M.Rickman: Philosophical Magazine A, 1998, 78[6], 1195-213