This article investigates the deformation behaviour and fracture characteristics of copper single crystals by uniaxial tensileexperiments and compares the results with crystal plasticity simulations. Quasi-static tensile tests were carried out toinclu...
This article investigates the deformation behaviour and fracture characteristics of copper single crystals by uniaxial tensileexperiments and compares the results with crystal plasticity simulations. Quasi-static tensile tests were carried out toinclude different stress–strain states by varying the crystal orientation with respect to specimen axis after determining theinitial orientation by Electron Backscatter Diffraction. The different ductile modes of failure of single crystals due to shearafter loading were examined. Thereafter, by employing the scanning electron microscopy and theoretical slip trace analysis,orientations of slip traces of deformed crystals were determined. Experimental results were then rationalised by performingcrystal plasticity finite element simulations, presuming cross-slip and associated dislocation dissociation into partials playan influential role on the orientation dependence of the material. A continuum ductile damage criterion was coupled withplasticity on capturing the slip localisation caused by material softening. Comparison between experimentally measuredand numerically obtained stress–strain data, texture evolution and fracture angles were subsequently evaluated. An evaluationhas also been made by comparing the identities of active slip modes attained from experiments with that of determinedfrom simulations.