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The process by which a dislocation moves and causes a material to deform is called slip.
The crystallographic plane along which the dislocation line traverses is the slip plane.
Shear stress
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Slip Direction
FCC has 12 slip systems - 4 {111} planes and each has 3 <110> directions
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
* Generally, the metals having larger number of slip systems are more ductile than the
one has smaller number of slip system. Thus, FCC & BCC metals are generally ductile
and HCP is brittle.
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Slip in Single Crystals
Resolved shear stress (R) and critical resolved shear stress (crss )
R = FR / AR = cos cos
Deformation by twinning
Deformation by Slip
Crystallographic orientation above and below a slip is the same before and after the
deformation. But, for twinning, there will be a reorientation across the twin plan, which
may place new slip systems for slip to occur.
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Atomic bond breaks OR
Edge dislocation
Edge dislocation
T = K Tn
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Strain hardening and cold work
Cold work
%CW = (A0-Ad)/A0 x 100
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Mechanisms of Strain
Hardening (cold-work)
in Metals
A dislocation
Bowing of
the dislocation
under stress
Formation of
a new dislocation
More dislocation we have, the more likely they are interfere with one another and the stronger
the metal becomes.
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Mechanisms of Strain
Hardening in Polymers
(a) Cold-worked
(b) Initial stage of
recrystallization
a b c
(3 s at 580C)
(c) Partial replacement
of cold-worked
grains by
recrystallized ones
(4 s at 580C)
(d) Complete
recrystallization
(8 s at 580C)
(e) Grain growth after
15 min at 580C.
(f) Grain growth after
10 min at 700C d e f
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Annealing temperature
and Mechanical Properties
for a Brass Alloy
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
Grain Growth
dn d0n = Kt
Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms