Ricardo A. Lebensohn

Bio: Ricardo A. Lebensohn is an academic researcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Viscoplasticity & Slip (materials science). The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 214 publications receiving 10905 citations. Previous affiliations of Ricardo A. Lebensohn include National Scientific and Technical Research Council & National University of Rosario.

A self-consistent anisotropic approach for the simulation of plastic deformation and texture development of polycrystals : application to zirconium alloys

Abstract: We present in this work a visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) anisotropic approach for modeling the plastic deformation of polycrystals, together with a thorough discussion of the assumptions involved and the range of application of such approach. We use the VPSC model for predicting texture development during rolling and axisymmetric deformation of Zirconium alloys, and to calculate the yield locus and the Lankford coefficient of rolled Zircaloy sheet. We compare our results with experimental data and find that they are in good agreement with the available experimental evidence. We also compare the VPSC predictions with the ones of a Full Constraints approach and observe that they differ both quantitatively and qualitatively: according with the predictions of the VPSC scheme, deformation is accommodated mostly by the soft systems, the twinning activity is much lower, and fewer systems are active, in average, per grain. These results are a consequence of having accounted for the grain interaction with its surroundings, which is a crucial aspect when modeling plastically anisotropic materials.

A model for texture development dominated by deformation twinning: Application to zirconium alloys

Abstract: In many polycrystals of less than cubic crystal symmetry, plastic deformation is dominated by twinning. In particular, we will treat the case of Zr and Zr alloys in detail. We propose a new method for modelling grain reorientation due to twinning, which is based on a Volume Fraction Transfer (VFT) scheme; the scheme is also applied to the slip modes. We find that this method predicts textures that are, when twinning is the dominant mode, considerably different from and in better agreement with experiment than the conventional schemes which reorient an entire grain when some criterion has been met. Various combinations of slip and twinning modes and of the associated critical stresses are systematically investigated for the case of rolling, tension and compression of Zr alloys. A comparison of various predicted and experimental textures leads to the conclusion that twinning must, indeed, be controlling texture development.

I and i

Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

A self-consistent anisotropic approach for the simulation of plastic deformation and texture development of polycrystals : application to zirconium alloys

Abstract: We present in this work a visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) anisotropic approach for modeling the plastic deformation of polycrystals, together with a thorough discussion of the assumptions involved and the range of application of such approach. We use the VPSC model for predicting texture development during rolling and axisymmetric deformation of Zirconium alloys, and to calculate the yield locus and the Lankford coefficient of rolled Zircaloy sheet. We compare our results with experimental data and find that they are in good agreement with the available experimental evidence. We also compare the VPSC predictions with the ones of a Full Constraints approach and observe that they differ both quantitatively and qualitatively: according with the predictions of the VPSC scheme, deformation is accommodated mostly by the soft systems, the twinning activity is much lower, and fewer systems are active, in average, per grain. These results are a consequence of having accounted for the grain interaction with its surroundings, which is a crucial aspect when modeling plastically anisotropic materials.