Effect of dislocation-twin boundary interaction on deformation by twin boundary migration

Abstract The effect of interaction between { 10 1 2 } twin boundaries (TBs) and 〈a〉 dislocations on deformation behavior of TBs migration process was studied. This TB-dislocation interaction greatly enhances activation stress for TB motion and retards TB migration during reloading. Interestingly, a severe TB-dislocation interaction improves strain hardening at the early stage, while reduces the peak hardening rate at the latter stage. High resolution transmission electron microscopy results indicate that severe TB-dislocation interaction greatly damages the coherence of TBs and might induce curving of TBs. Migration of the TBs that intensively interact with dislocations leaves behind low angle boundaries at the initial TBs.