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Plastic Deformation
· The deformation associated with this element is in the linear elastic range, with an elastic energy per unit volume of the element given by: Energy/Volume = (½Gγθz2) = (½G ){b/2πr}2
· The total elastic energy stored in the element per unit length of dislocation line is:
dES = (G/2){b/2πr}2[2πr dr] = (Gb2/4π){dr/r}
· Integrating this quantity over the volume of the crystal between r0 and r1 gives the total elastic energy per unit length of the straight screw dislocation, ES .
· For a typical dislocation density in a material (r1/r0) ~106 and
(1/4π)Ln(106) = 1. Using this value, the elastic energy per unit length of a
straight screw dislocation has the approximate value: ES ~ Gb2