In-depth understanding of plastic heterogeneities at grain-level and local deformation
behaviors is pivotal in exploring the mechanical response and fracture mechanism of thin …

The present work uses a full-field crystal plasticity model with a first principles-informed
dislocation density (DD) hardening law to identify the key microstructural features correlated …

A more comprehensive investigation of size effects is essential for the design and
optimization of micro-metal forming processes. In this work, the micro-tension of …

Even though crystal plasticity models have been available for decades, the quantification of
material parameters is still a matter of debate. Polycrystalline experimental results can …

Traditional macro-scaled plasticity theories may not be fully valid and accurate in study of
meso-/micro-scaled deformation due to the existence of size effects (SEs). In …

Predictions of the mechanical response of polycrystalline metals and underlying
microstructure evolution and deformation mechanisms are critically important for the …

Crystal structure determines the distinct deformation mode of crystalline materials and thus
plays a critical role in micro-scale deformation. The micro-deformation mechanism at grain …

Due to size effects, the conventional material constitutive models are no longer valid in the
investigation of micro-forming processes. In this work, a nonlocal physically based crystal …

A polycrystalline aluminum sample with a quasi-2D single layer of coarse grains is
plastically deformed in a channel die plane strain set-up at ambient temperature and low …

An important frontier in both metallurgy and mechanics is the development of a modelling
framework that accurately represents length-scale effects and dislocation structure …