Issue
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 08, Number PR8, November 1998
2nd European Mechanics of Materials Conference on Mechanics of Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale : Physics, Experiments, Modelling and Applications
Page(s) Pr8-55 - Pr8-61
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1998807
2nd European Mechanics of Materials Conference on Mechanics of Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale : Physics, Experiments, Modelling and Applications

J. Phys. IV France 08 (1998) Pr8-55-Pr8-61

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1998807

Length scale effects on the geometric softening of precipitated single crystals

E.P. Busso1, F. Meissonnier1, N.P. O'Dowd1 and D. Nouailhas2

1  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London SW7 2BX, U.K.
2  Structures and Damage Mechanics Department, ONERA, 29 avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92320 Châtillon cedex, France


Abstract
The understanding of the conditions under which inelastic deformation evolves in precipitated γ/γ' single crystal materials requires analytical and numerical frameworks which incorporate both time and spatial-dependent behaviour. In this work, an existing rate-dependent crystallographic formulation is employed to investigate the effect of the normalised length scale associated with the soft γ channel width on the geometric softening caused by the activation of additional slip systems due to large lattice rotations.



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