Strain gradient continuum plasticity theories: theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations

GZ Voyiadjis, Y Song - International Journal of Plasticity, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last three decades, a number of researchers have used the gradient-enhanced
plasticity theory to model the microstructural material behavior, which is not able to be …

On strain hardening mechanism in gradient nanostructures

J Li, GJ Weng, S Chen, X Wu - Heterostructured Materials, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Experiments have shown that a gradient design, in which grain size spans over four orders
of magnitude, can make strong nanomaterials ductile. This chapter presents a developed …

Strain gradient plasticity-based modeling of hydrogen environment assisted cracking

E Martínez-Pañeda, CF Niordson, RP Gangloff - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Finite element analysis of stress about a blunt crack tip, emphasizing finite strain and
phenomenological and mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity (SGP) formulations, is …

A cohesive zone framework for environmentally assisted fatigue

S del Busto, C Betegón, E Martínez-Pañeda - Engineering Fracture …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a compelling finite element framework to model hydrogen assisted fatigue by
means of a hydrogen-and cycle-dependent cohesive zone formulation. The model builds …

Strain gradient plasticity modeling of hydrogen diffusion to the crack tip

E Martínez-Pañeda, S del Busto, CF Niordson… - international journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work hydrogen diffusion towards the fracture process zone is examined accounting for
local hardening due to geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) by means of strain …

On elastic gaps in strain gradient plasticity: 3D discrete dislocation dynamics investigation

YA Amouzou-Adoun, M Jebahi, M Fivel, S Forest… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Although presenting attractive features in dealing with small-scale size effects, strain
gradient plasticity (SGP) theories can lead to uncommon phenomena for some boundary …

Incremental strain gradient plasticity model and torsion simulation of copper micro-wires

L Ding, C Yu, X Zhang, Z Wen, Q Kan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Experimental observations show that the torsional deformation of copper micro-wires
exhibits obvious sample and grain size effects. In this work, based on the framework of the …

On energetic and dissipative gradient effects within higher-order strain gradient plasticity: Size effect, passivation effect, and Bauschinger effect

F Hua, D Liu, Y Li, Y He, DJ Dunstan - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
The size effect, the passivation effect, and the plastic behavior under non-proportional
loading in the context of bending and tension of thin foils, and a combination of compression …

On the finite element implementation of higher-order gradient plasticity, with focus on theories based on plastic distortion incompatibility

A Panteghini, L Bardella - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We consider work-conjugate Gradient Plasticity (GP) theories involving both energetic and
dissipative higher-order contributions. We show that the conceptually most straightforward …

Size and passivation effects in the torsion of thin metallic wires

Y Xie, J Lei, F Hua, J Hu, D Liu, Y He - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2023 - Springer
Torsion tests are performed on microscale copper wires of diameters ranging from 25 to 50
μm, with and without passivation layers, to investigate the size and passivation effects. The …