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A multi-scale crystal plasticity model for cyclic plasticity and low-cycle fatigue in a precipitate-strengthened steel at elevated temperature

Li, Dong-Feng
Barrett, Richard A.
O'Donoghue, Padraic E.
O'Dowd, Noel P.
Leen, Sean B.
Citation
Li, Dong-Feng, Barrett, Richard A., O'Donoghue, Padraic E., O'Dowd, Noel P., & Leen, Sean B. (2017). A multi-scale crystal plasticity model for cyclic plasticity and low-cycle fatigue in a precipitate-strengthened steel at elevated temperature. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 101, 44-62. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2016.12.010
Abstract
In this paper, a multi-scale crystal plasticity model is presented for cyclic plasticity and low-cycle fatigue in a tempered martensite ferritic steel at elevated temperature. The model explicitly represents the geometry of grains, sub-grains and precipitates in the material, with strain gradient effects and kinematic hardening included in the crystal plasticity formulation. With the multiscale model, the cyclic behaviour at the sub-grain level is predicted with the effect of lath and precipitate sizes examined. A crystallographic, accumulated slip (strain) parameter, modulated by triaxiality, is implemented at the micro scale, to predict crack initiation in precipitate-strengthened laths. The predicted numbers of cycles to crack initiation agree well with experimental data. A strong dependence on the precipitate size is demonstrated, indicating a detrimental effect of coarsening of precipitates on fatigue at elevated temperature. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.jmps.2016.12.010
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