Author : Gayathri Venkataramani
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Book Synopsis Grain Size Dependent Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Model for Deformation and Creep Studies in Polycrystalline Ti-6242 by : Gayathri Venkataramani
Download or read book Grain Size Dependent Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Model for Deformation and Creep Studies in Polycrystalline Ti-6242 written by Gayathri Venkataramani and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This thesis is aimed at identifying the critical microstructural parameters that cause local stress concentration due to load shedding between microstructural regions of varying strengths, proposed as one of the fundamental reasons for crack initiation in Ti-6242. A rate dependent, anisotropic, elasto-crystal plasticity based finite element model developed for polyphase Ti-6242 that can account for various microstructural features is used in the present study. A size effect model that relates hardness with the grain size, colony size and lath size in the microstructure of polycrystalline Ti-6242 is developed using different characteristic lengths for different slip systems in the primary fL and transformed 13 regions based on the slip direction. The initial slip system deformation resistances in the crystal plasticity relations are expressed as Hall-Petch type relations based on models of dislocation pileup for various deformation modes. The size-effect parameters are determined from single crystal and colony experiments. The model is validated by comparing the results of simulation with those from constant strain rate and creep tests on polyphase-polycrystalline Ti-6242. The validated model is further used to obtain macroscopic flow stress dependence on grain size and lath size in Ti-6242 through constant strain rate simulations. It is also used to understand the effect of grain size and shape on load-shedding between hard and soft oriented grains and to identify critical microstructural and macrostructural variables responsible for localized stress concentration due to load shedding phenomenon. Various microstructural variables such as grain orientation, misorientation, grain size and Schmid factor and macroscopic variables like composition of phases is considered in a detailed parametric study and the critical combinations of these parameters that result in high stress due to load shedding is identified. Finally load shedding in a realistic microstructure model for polycrystalline Ti-6242 is discussed in which accurate phase volume fractions and orientation and size distributions that are statistically equivalent to those observed in OIM scans are incorporated. The 3D microstructure model accounts for grain shape complexity in load shedding phenomenon and helps in the identification of local hot spots in a realistic microstructure.