Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 08, Numéro PR8, November 1998
2nd European Mechanics of Materials Conference on Mechanics of Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale : Physics, Experiments, Modelling and Applications
Page(s) Pr8-325 - Pr8-332
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1998840
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) Pr8-325-Pr8-332

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1998840

On sire effects in torsion of multi- and polycrystalline specimens

S. Quilici, S. Forest and G. Cailletaud

École des Mines de Paris, Centre des Matériaux, UMR 7633 du CNRS, BP. 87, 91003 Evry, France


Abstract
Simulations of torsion of copper single, multi- and polycrystals are presented. The stress is laid on an accurate description of intragranular behaviour, which requires the use of parallel computing. If the wire contains up to 1000 grains, the deformation is shown to localize within some weak sections of the specimen. A lower bound of a critical grain number for a multi- to polycrystal plasticity transition is therefore established.



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