The Response Mechanism of Crystal Orientation to Grain Boundary Dislocation under Uniaxial Strain: A Phase-Field-Crystal Study

An exploration of dislocation microstructure evolution with different misorientation angles was performed using phase field crystal method (PFC). The microcosmic evolution process of grain boundaries under external stress, as well as the corresponding energy curve and stress-strain curve, are analyzed. The relationship between the misorientation angle and the dislocations emission frequency is discussed. Three forms of dislocations reaction on the evolution process of 6 degrees and 10 degrees are analyzed in detail, which are respectively type I semi-annihilation, type II semi-annihilationand full-annihilation. Among them, the nature of type I semi-annihilation is a combination of dislocation and a single edge dislocation reaction with a single edge dislocation left. The essence of type II semi-annihilation is a pair of dislocation and the other pair of dislocation reaction leaving two edge dislocations. The essence of full-annihilation is that two pairs of dislocations or single edge dislocations with opposite Burger vectors react with each other and the distortion area disappears. When the misorientation angle is 10 degrees, the dislocation reaction and the dislocation motion ability of the system are stronger than 6 degrees. The peak of the energy curve is related to the number of dislocation proliferations in the evolution process. An emission frequency and average density of dislocations of 10 degrees is greater than 6 degrees. The causes of plastic deformation are revealed to a certain extent by stress-strain curves.

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This study investigates the microstructure evolution of dislocations with different misorientation angles using the phase field crystal method. The evolution process of grain boundaries under external stress, as well as the energy curve and stress-strain curve, are analyzed. The relationship between misorientation angle and dislocation emission frequency is discussed. Three types of dislocation reactions, namely type I semi-annihilation, type II semi-annihilation, and full annihilation, are analyzed in detail for misorientation angles of 6 degrees and 10 degrees. It is found that the dislocation reaction and motion ability are stronger at 10 degrees compared to 6 degrees.