Phase field crystal study on asymmetrical tilt subgrain boundaries

Abstract

With the phase field crystal approach, the structure of asymmetrical tilt subgrain boundaries and their motion micmechanism under stress are studied. The effects of temperature, inclination angle and stress direction on structure and migration process are also analyzed and discussed. Simulated results show that the subgrain boundary is composed of a row of edge dislcations with the same bugers vectors and the double-array dislocations with a vertical distribution. The motion process of asymmetrical tilt subgrain boundaries contains dislocation glide and climb, dislocation separation, dislocation reaction, individual dislocation decomposition and dislocation annihilation. The decrease of temperature and the increase of inclination angle hinder the subgrain boundary migration process. The change of stress direction causes the variation of dislocation motion and thus lead to the change in migration manner of subgrain boundary.