Download or read book Single-crystal Gradient Plasticity with an Accumulated Plastic Slip: Theory and Applications written by Eric Bayerschen and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In experiments on metallic microwires, size effects occur as a result of the interaction of dislocations with, e.g., grain boundaries. In continuum theories this behavior can be approximated using gradient plasticity. A numerically efficient geometrically linear gradient plasticity theory is developed considering the grain boundaries and implemented with finite elements. Simulations are performed for several metals in comparison to experiments and discrete dislocation dynamics simulations.