Application of the Green Tensor to the Modeling of Solution-Precipitation Creep

Our aim is to present a mechanical model for solution-precipitation creep, a diffusive deformation process occurring in polycrystalline and granular materials. Within the scope of the model, a Lagrangian consisting of the elastic power and dissipation is proposed. The former is kept in a standard form typical for linear material behavior while the latter is assumed as a surface integral depending on the velocity of the material transport and the velocity of the motion of the boundary. The minimization with respect to the total deformations leads to the equilibrium equation which is solved analytically, by using Green’s function. The evolution equations are obtained as the result of the minimization with respect to the internal variables and are solved via finite element method. The contribution closes with a numerical example showing the deformation of a polycrystal consisting of hexagonal crystals.