Chapter I: Background and Significance I.I Framework of This Book 1.2 Polycrystalline and Single-Crystal Plasticity 1.3 Size Effect on Crystal Plasticity at Micron and Submicron Scales 1.3.1 Size Effect Observed in Material Experiments 1.3.2 Size Effect of Yield Stress 1.3.3 Strain Burst and Dislocation Avalanches 1.3.4 Size Effect of Submicron Crystal Under Cyclic Loading 1.3.5 Size Effect of Deformation Morphology of Compressed Micropillars 1.4 Method to Bridge Size Effect 1.4.1 Supersurface From Macro to Micron 1.4.2 Nonlocal Crystal Plasticity 1.4.3 Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Simulation Method 1.5 Content of This Book Part 1 Continuum Dislocation Mechanlsm-Based Crystal Plasticity.. Chapter 2: Fundamental Conventional Concept of Plasticity Constitution 2.1 Introduction 2.2 One-Dimensional Plasticity 2.2.1 Isotropic Hardening 2.2.2 Kinematic Hardening 2.2.3 Rate-Dependent Plasticity 2.3 Multiaxial Plasticity 2.3.1 Hypoelastic-Plastic Materials 2.3.2 Small Strain Plasticity 2.4 J2 Flow Theory Plasticity 2.4.1 Kirchhoff Stress Formulation of Je Flow Theory Plasticity 2.4.2 Extension to Kinematic Hardening 2.4.3 Large Strain Viscoplasticity 2.5 Rock-Soil Constitutive Model 2.5.1 Mohr-Coulomb Constitutive Model 2.5.2 Drucker-Prager Constitutive Model 2.6 Gurson Model for Porous Elastic-Plastic Solids 2.7 Corotational Stress Formulation 2.8 Summary Chapter 3: Strain Gradient Plasticity Theory at the Microscale 3.1 Size Dependence of Material Behavior at the Microscale 3.2 Couple Stress Theory 3.2.1 Couple Stresses 3.2.2 Rotation and Rotation Gradient 3.2.3 Virtual Work Principle 3.2.4 Constitutive Relation of Couple Stress Strain Gradient Plasticity Theory 3.2.5 Principles of Minimum Potential Energy and Minimum Complementary Energy 3.2.6 Equivalent Stress and Equivalent Strain 3.3 Stretch and Rotation Gradient Theory 3.3.1 Strain Gradient Tensor 3.3.2 Decomposition of Strain Gradient Partial Tensor 77t and Total Equivalent Strain Ess 3.3.3 Constitutive Relation of Stretch and Rotation Gradient Strain Gradient Plastic Theory 3.4 Microscale Mechanism-Based Strain Gradient Plasticity Theory 3.4.1 Experimental Law for Strain Gradient Plasticity Theory 3.4.2 Motivation for Microscale Mechanism-Based Strain Gradient Plasticity Theory 3.4.3 Microscale Computation Framework 3.4.4 Dislocation Model 3.4.5 Constitutive Equation of Mechanism-Based Strain Gradient Plasticity Theory 3.4.6 Size of Cell Element at the Microscale 3.4.7 Mechanism-Based Strain Gradient Plasticity Predicts Stress Singularity at Crack Tip 3.5 Summary Chapter 4: Dislocation-Based Single-Crystal Plasticity Model 4.1 Introduction 4.2 General Constitutive Model for Single Crystals 4.2.1 Basic Kinematics of Crystal Plasticity 4.2.2 Slip Rate and Dislocation Density Evolution 4.2.3 Plastic Stress Required for Dislocation Motion 4.2.4 Update of Cauchy Stress in Single-Crystal Plasticity 4.3 Higher-Order Dislocation Dynamics-Based Crystal Plasticity Model 4.3.1 Governing Equations of Macroforces 4.3.2 Governing Equations of Microforces 4.3.3 Coupling of Macroscopic and Microscopic Equations 4.4 Size and Bauschinger Effect in Passivated Thin Films 4.4.1 Two Hardening Mechanisms Caused by Geometrically Necessary Dislocations 4.4.2 Model Description 4.4.3 Size Effect of Passivated Thin Films Under Tension 4.4.4 Bauschinger Effect of Passivated Thin Films During Unloading 4.5 Summary Chapter 5: Revealing the Size Effect in Micropillars by Dislocation-Based Crystal Plasticity Theory 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Strain Burst and Size Effect in Compression Micropillars 5.2.1 Stochastic Crystal Plasticity Model 5.2.2 Determination of Size-Dependent Slip Resistance 5.2.3 Strain Bursts at Small Scales 5.2.4 Application to the Compression of Single-Crystal Ni Micron Pillars 5.3 Size-Dependent Deformation Morphology of Micropillars 5.3.1 Simulation Setups 5.3.2 Size-Dependent Deformation Morphology 5.3.3 Role of Short-Range Back Stress 5.3.4 Critical Transition Size 5.3.5 Discussions of Material Softening 5.4 Summary Chapter 6: Microscale Crystal Plasticity Model Based on Phase Field Theory. 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Theoretical Model 6.2.1 Basic Equations of Crystal Plasticity Theory 6.2.2 Phase Field Description of Plastic Slip 6.2.3 Stored Energy and Dissipated Energy 6.2.4 Principle of Virtual Power 6.2.5 Coupled Balance Equations 6.2.6 Finite Element Discretization 6.3 Computational Demonstrations 6.3.1 Dislocation Near a Free Surface 6.3.2 Dislocation in an Anisotropic Material 6.3.3 Dislocation Near a Bimaterial Interface 6.4 Applications to Heteroepitaxial Structures 6.4.1 Critical Shell Thickness of Core-Shell Nanopillars 6.4.2 Dislocations in Heteroepitaxial Thin Films 6.5 Summary Part 2 Discrete Dislocation Mechanism-Based Crystal Plasticity Chapter 7: Discrete-Continuous Model of Crystal Plasticity at the Submicron Scale 7.1 Discrete Dislocation Dynamics 7.1.1 Dislocation Kinetic Equation 7.1.2 Dislocation Interactions and Topology Update 7.1.3 Dislocation Cross-Slip 7.1.4 Current Three-Dimensional Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Simulations 7.2 Coupling Discrete Dislocation Dynamics With Finite Element Method 7.2.1 Superposition Method 7.2.2 Discrete-Continuous Model 7.3 Improved Discrete-Continuous Model 7.3.1 Efficient Regularization Method 7.3.2 Image Force Calculation 7.3.3 Finite Deformation 7.4 Application to Heteroepitaxial Films 7.4.1 Thermoelastic Calculation to Determine Internal Stress Field 7.4.2 Influence of Substrate Thickness on Dislocation Behavior 7.5 Application to Irradiated Materials 7.6 Summary Chapter 8: Single-Arm Dislocation Source (SAS)-Controlled Submicron Plasticity 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Single-Arm Dislocation Source Mechanisms at Submicron Scales 8.3 Single-Arm Dislocation Source-Controlled Strain Burst and Dislocation Avalanche 8.4 Description of Single-Arm Dislocation Source-Controlled Plasticity 8.4.1 Single-Ann Dislocation Source-Controlled Dislocation Density Evolution 8.4.2 Effective Single-Arm Dislocation Source Length 8.4.3 Single-Arm Dislocation Source-Controlled Flow Stress 8.5 Summary Chapter 9: Confined Plasticity in Micropillars 9.1 Insights into Coated Micropillar Plasticity 9.1.1 Stress-Strain Curves in Coated and Uncoated Pillars 9.1.2 Dislocation Source Mechanism in Coated Micropillars 9.1.3 Back Stress in Coated Micropillars 9.1.4 Evolution of Mobile and Trapped Dislocation 9.2 Implications for Crystal Plasticity Model 9.3 Theoretical Models for Coated Micropillars 9.3.1 Dislocation Density Evolution Model 9.3.2 Prediction of Stress-Strain Curve 9.4 Brief Discussion on Coating Failure Mechanism 9.4.1 High Hoop Stress of Coated Layer 9.4.2 Transmission Effect of Dislocations Across Coating 9.5 Summary Chapter 10: Mechanical Annealing Under Low-Amplitude Cyclic Loading 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Cyclic Behavior of Collective Dislocations 10.3 Cyclic Instability of Dislocation Junction 10.3.1 Glissile Dislocation Junction 10.3.2 Sessile Dislocation Junction 10.4 Cyclic Enhanced Dislocation Annihilation Mechanism 10.5 Dislocation Density Influenced by Cyclic Slip Irreversibility 10.6 Critical Size for Mechanical Annealing 10.7 Summary Chapter 11: Strain Rate Effect on Deformation of Single Crystals at Submicron Scale 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Strain Rate Effect on Flow Stress in Single-Crystal Copper Under Compression Loading 11.2.1 Strain Rate Effect of Submicron Copper Pillars Under Uniaxial Compression 11.2.2 Strain Rate Effect of Dislocation Evolution in Copper Cubes Under Hydrostatic Pressure 11.3 Strain Rate Effect on Dynamic Deformation of Single-Crystal Copper Under Tensile Loading 11.3.1 Resolution of Discrete Dislocation Dynamics 11.3.2 Coupling Dislocation Dynamics Plasticity With Finite Element 11.3.3 Model Description and Simulation Results 11.4 Shock-Induced Deformation and Dislocation Mechanisms in Single-Crystal Copper 11.4.1 Dynamic Mechanical Behavior Corresponding to Dislocation Microstructure 11.4.2 Dynamic Multiscale Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Model 11.4.3 Coarse-Grained Homogeneous Nucleation Model 11.4.4 Shock-Induced Plasticity at the Submicron Scale 11.4.5 Discussion and Conclusion 11.5 Summary Chapter 12: Glide-Climb Coupling Model and Temperature Effect on Microscale Crystal Plasticity 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Coupled-Dislocation Glide-Climb Model-Based Analysis 12.2.1 Development of Vacancy Diffusion-Based Dislocation Climb Model 12.2.2 Incorporating the Dislocation Climb Model Into Three-Dimensional Discrete Dislocation Dynamics 12.2.3 Validation of Dislocation Climb Model 12.2.4 Coupled Glide-Climb Model Based on Three-Dimensional Discrete Dislocation Dynamics 12.3 Study of Helical Dislocations 12.3.1 Formation of Helical Dislocation 12.3.2 Comparison With Theoretical Solution 12.3.3 Influential Factors for Helical Dislocation Configuration 12.4 Discrete-Continuous Method for Coupling Dislocation Glide-Climb 12.4.1 Dislocation Climb Model in Discrete-Continuous Method 12.4.2 Localize Vacancy Concentration Field of Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Segments to Finite Element Method Nodes 12.4.3 Transferring Vacancy Flux From Finite Element Method Back to Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Segments 12.4.4 Coupled Dislocation Glide-Climb Model 12.5 High-Temperature Annealing Hardening 12.5.1 Brief Description of the Experiment 12.5.2 Simulation Procedures 12.5.3 Simulation Results and Analyses 12.5.4 Microstructural Analysis 12.6 Summary Appendix 1: Single-Crystal Material Model and Pole Figures References Index