Numerical study of the stress state of a deformation twin in magnesium

We present here a numerical study of the distribution of the local stress state associated with deformation twinning in Mg, both inside the twinned domain and in its immediate neighborhood, due to the accommodation of the twinning transformation shear. A full-field elastoviscoplastic formulation bas...

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Published in:Acta materialia 2015-02, Vol.84 (C), p.349-358
Main Authors: Arul Kumar, M., Kanjarla, A.K., Niezgoda, S.R., Lebensohn, R.A., Tomé, C.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Deformation
Grains
Magnesium
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Shear
Stress concentration
Stresses
Transformations
Twinning
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Summary:We present here a numerical study of the distribution of the local stress state associated with deformation twinning in Mg, both inside the twinned domain and in its immediate neighborhood, due to the accommodation of the twinning transformation shear. A full-field elastoviscoplastic formulation based on fast Fourier transformation is modified to include the shear transformation strain associated with deformation twinning. We have performed two types of twinning transformation simulations with: (i) the twin completely embedded inside a single crystal and (ii) the twin front terminating at a grain boundary. We show that: (a) the resulting stress distribution is more strongly determined by the shear transformation than by the intragranular character of the twin or the orientation of the neighboring grain; (b) the resolved shear stress on the twin plane along the twin direction is inhomogeneous along the twin-parent interface; and (c) there are substantial differences in the average values of the shear stress in the twin and in the parent grain that contains the twin. We discuss the effect of these local stresses on twin propagation and growth, and the implications of our findings for the modeling of deformation twinning.
ISSN:1359-6454
1873-2453
DOI:10.1016/j.actamat.2014.10.048