In polycrystalline magnesium(Mg)and Mg alloys,as the grain size decreases,the grain boundary(GB)mediated plasticity including GB sliding and GB migration becomes the dominant deformation mechanism.In this study,the motion of[1100]symmetric tilt GBs in Mg bicrystals is investigated using molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.The effects of GB misorientation angle and temperature are considered.At low/room temperatures and varied GB misorientation angles in the range ofθ≥58.36°,the GB migration occurs via the shear coupling with the invariant plane of{0001};At 35.80°<θ<58.36°,both the GB migration and GB sliding happen and the invariant plane changes from{0001}plane to[1122]plane;At 26.54°≤θ≤35.80°,the GB migrates with the invariant plane of[1122];Finally,atθ<26.54°,the GB sliding becomes the main deformation mechanism.At 700 K,the GB sliding occurs at the misorientation angles in the range ofθ<58.36θ;while the GB migration occurs at the misorientation angles ofθ≥58.36°.By comparing the energy barriers of GB migration and GB sliding,it yields that the deformation mode with a low energy barrier always happens,which leads to the transition of deformation modes and agrees well with the MD simulation results.
The aim of present work is to develop a crystal plasticity modeling approach to integrate slip,dynamic recrystallization(DRX)and grain boundary sliding(GBS)for simulating the deformation behavior and texture evolution of magnesium alloys at high temperatures.Firstly,the deformation mechanisms of an AZ31B Mg alloy sheet at 300°C were investigated by examining texture and microstructure evolution during uniaxial tension and compression tests.DRX refines microstructure at strains less than 0.2,and subsequently GBS plays a significant role during deformation process.A GBS model is developed to evaluate strain and grain rotation induced by GBS,and implemented into the polycrystal plasticity framework VPSC.The VPSC-DRX-GBS model can well reproduce the stress−strain curves,grain size,texture evolution and significant texture differences in tension and compression tests due to GBS.The calculated GBS contribution ratio in tension is obviously higher than that in compression due to easier cavity nucleation at grain boundaries under tension loading.
