Basic criterion for the formation of self-organized dislocation patterns in fatigued FCC pure metals

Abstract

Based on a large number of experimental results available, it is found that not all the fatigued face-centered-cubic (FCC) pure metals can form the classical persistent slip band (PSB)-ladder structure. The formation of the regular dislocation patterns, especially the PSB ladders, follows one unified principle on the dislocation aggregation and evolution. According to the principle, a simple criterion based on stacking fault energy is proposed to judge whether or not the regular PSB ladders in different FCC pure metals can form.