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Dynamic Strain Aging in Additively Manufactured Steel at Elevated Temperatures
To develop a fundamental understanding of dynamic strain aging, discovery experiments were designed and completed to inform the development of a dislocation based micromechanical constitutive model that will ultimately tie to continuum level plasticity and failure models. Dynamic strain aging occurs when dislocation motion is hindered by the repetitive interaction of solute atoms, most frequently interstitials, with dislocation cores. Initially, the solute atmospheres pin the dislocation core until the virtual force on the dislocation is high enough to allow glissile motion. At temperatures where the interstitials are mobile enough, the atmospheres can repeatedly reform, lock, and release dislocations producing a characteristic serrated flow curve. This phenomenon can produce unusual mechanical behavior of materials and changes in the strain rate and temperature responses. Detrimental effects such as loss of ductility often accompany these altered responses.