A comprehensive overview is given of the literature on slip transmission criteria for grain
boundaries in metals, with a focus on slip system and grain boundary orientation. Much of …

Gradient grained metals whose microstructure is characterized by a spatially graded grain
size distribution show a better strength-ductility combination than their homogeneous …

Multi-scale models enriched with the second gradient of the displacement field and based
on the concept of representative volume element (RVE) are examined and discussed in …

In this work a general framework for damage and fracture assessment including the effect of
strain gradients is provided. Both mechanism-based and phenomenological strain gradient …

Abstract Mg-Zn-Zr (ZK) alloys exhibit notably high mechanical strength amongst all
magnesium alloy grades. However, due to the formation of low melting point Mg 3 Zn 7 …

Crystal plasticity modeling and simulation is an important predictive tool for understanding
the deformation of polycrystalline materials under diverse loading conditions. The validity …

This work presents a computational nonlinear homogenization approach, the starting point
of which is a model order reduction method based on data-clustering. To this end, the …

The field of continuum damage mechanics addresses mathematical models for the
degradation of the mechanical properties of engineering materials, in particular for softening …

Traditionally, modeling the effect of grain size on the mechanical behavior of crystalline
materials is based on assuming an equivalent homogenous microstructure with strength …

In the context of strain gradient plasticity (SGP), description of higher-order dissipation is the
subject of extensive on-going discussions. In most existing SGP theories including …