Structural transformations at the initial stages of fragmentation of plastically deformed polycrystals: A computer experiment

Results have been presented for a computer experiment on concurrent micro-, meso-, and macroscopic studies of the evolution of dislocation structure in a large (adjacent to one of the junctions) domain of a grain after its constant-rate macroplastic deformation to an extent that corresponds to the onset of the stage of developed plastic deformation. The type of dislocation-density and dislocation-charge distributions, as well as amounts and degrees of inhomogeneity in local plastic deformation, have been analyzed. The type of dislocation rearrangements at the junctions and fractures of high-angle grain boundaries has been established, which is responsible for the formation of the first dangling dislocation boundaries, which are mesodefects that trigger fragmentation.