We deduce a macroscopic strain gradient theory for plasticity from a model of discrete dislocations. We restrict our analysis to the case of a cylindrical symmetry for the crystal under study, so that the mathematical formulation will involve a two-dimensional variational problem. The dislocations are introduced as point topological defects of the strain fields, for which we compute the elastic energy stored outside the so-called core region. We show that the Gamma-limit of this energy (suitably rescaled), as the core radius tends to zero and the number of dislocations tends to infinity, takes the form E = integral(Omega) (W(beta(e)) + phi(Curl beta(e))) dx, where beta(e) represents the elastic part of the macroscopic strain, and Curl beta(e) represents the geometrically necessary dislocation density. The plastic energy density. is defined explicitly through an asymptotic cell formula, depending only on the elastic tensor and the class of the admissible Burgers vectors, accounting for the crystalline structure. It turns out to be positively 1-homogeneous, so that concentration on lines is permitted, accounting for the presence of pattern formations observed in crystals such as dislocation walls.

Gradient theory for plasticity via homogenization of discrete dislocations / Garroni, Adriana; Giovanni, Leoni; Ponsiglione, Marcello. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 1435-9855. - STAMPA. - 12:5(2010), pp. 1231-1266. [10.4171/jems/228]

Gradient theory for plasticity via homogenization of discrete dislocations

GARRONI, Adriana;PONSIGLIONE, Marcello
2010

Abstract

We deduce a macroscopic strain gradient theory for plasticity from a model of discrete dislocations. We restrict our analysis to the case of a cylindrical symmetry for the crystal under study, so that the mathematical formulation will involve a two-dimensional variational problem. The dislocations are introduced as point topological defects of the strain fields, for which we compute the elastic energy stored outside the so-called core region. We show that the Gamma-limit of this energy (suitably rescaled), as the core radius tends to zero and the number of dislocations tends to infinity, takes the form E = integral(Omega) (W(beta(e)) + phi(Curl beta(e))) dx, where beta(e) represents the elastic part of the macroscopic strain, and Curl beta(e) represents the geometrically necessary dislocation density. The plastic energy density. is defined explicitly through an asymptotic cell formula, depending only on the elastic tensor and the class of the admissible Burgers vectors, accounting for the crystalline structure. It turns out to be positively 1-homogeneous, so that concentration on lines is permitted, accounting for the presence of pattern formations observed in crystals such as dislocation walls.
2010
dislocations; energy minimization; plasticity; relaxation; strain gradient theories; stress concentration; variational models
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Gradient theory for plasticity via homogenization of discrete dislocations / Garroni, Adriana; Giovanni, Leoni; Ponsiglione, Marcello. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 1435-9855. - STAMPA. - 12:5(2010), pp. 1231-1266. [10.4171/jems/228]
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