A new statistical theory is introduced that takes into account the coupling between grain size, shape and crystallographic texture during deformation of polycrystalline microstructures. A “grain size orientation distribution function” (GSODF) is used to encode the probability density of finding a grain size D along a direction (given by unit vector n) in grains with orientation g. The GSODF is ...

Abstract: transformation temperature and different ferrite morphologies in one Nb-microalloyed (HSLA) steel has beeninvestigated. Three different austenite grain sizes were selected and cooled at two different cooling rates for obtainingaustenite to ferrite transformation temperature. Moreover, samples with specific austenite grain size have beenquenched, partially, for investigation on the mic...

The objective of this work is to investigate the microstrain effect on grain growth and strain release processes in nanocrystalline (nc) samples. Two kinds of nc Cu samples were studied by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM): an electro-deposited nc Cu sample with an average grain size of about 30 nm and one after col...

We present preliminary results of a theoretical investigation of the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline GaN films. It is assumed that grain boundaries play a major role in limiting the thermal conductivity, which is calculated using the phononhopping transport approach. The effect of the grain size, size dispersion, and inter-grain interface structure on the thermal conductivity values is ...

The resistance of high-angle grain boundaries to cleavage cracking in Fe–3wt.%Si bicrystals is discussed in context of linear elastic fracture mechanics based on an energy method. The grain boundary toughness is determined by the fracture work associated with the plastic shear along the grain boundary and the crack-trapping effect. The influence of the crystallographic misorientation and the si...

The distribution of the characteristic texture components between the ferrite grains of different size classes has been studied in a steel with 0.082%C, 1.54% Mn, 0.35% Si, 0.055%Nb and 0.078%V after different rolling schedules with a final rolling temperature above or below Ar3. Microstructures and textures were characterized by means of optical microscopy and orientation microscopy. A strong ...