Analytical estimation of dislocation distribution at the tip of arrested cracks

Autor: V. A. Kuranova, Yu. I. Tyalin, V. A. Fedorov, T. N. Pluzhnikova
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Physics of the Solid State. 42:1290-1293
ISSN: 1090-6460
1063-7834
DOI: 10.1134/1.1131379
Popis: Computer simulation technique is used for studying the plastic flow at the tip of an arrested crack in lithium fluoride crystals. Two stages of the dislocation structure formation at the tip of a crack are analyzed: the formation of slip lines at the instant of crack arresting, and their evolution after sample unloading and partial healing of the crack. The size and the number of dislocations in a slip line are determined as functions of the loading force at the instant of crack arresting and on frictional stresses. It is shown that, during sample unloading and healing, some dislocations emerge at the plane of the crack under the action of mutual repulsion and image forces, so that the dislocation density attains its maximum value at a distance from the crack tip. A finite region free of dislocations exists in the immediate vicinity of the crack tip.
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