Dislocation Transport in Single Crystals and Dislocation‐based Micromechanical Hardening

Abstract

The higher‐dimensional kinematical dislocation continuum theory of Hochrainer (2006) and a homogenized version thereof by Hochrainer, Zaiser and Gumbsch (2010) are reviewed. A three‐dimensional Finite Element solution of the homogenized theory is presented, interpreted physically and compared to the results of the Geometrically Necessary Dislocations theory. (© 2011 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)