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Slip Systems

A slip system is defined as a crystallographic plane and direction within that plane along which dislocations can move during plastic deformation. Not all metals have the same slip system because the most densely packed plane and direction varies between different crystal structures like body-centered cubic (BCC). For BCC, one common slip system is the {110} plane with slip along the <111> direction.

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Slip Systems

A slip system is defined as a crystallographic plane and direction within that plane along which dislocations can move during plastic deformation. Not all metals have the same slip system because the most densely packed plane and direction varies between different crystal structures like body-centered cubic (BCC). For BCC, one common slip system is the {110} plane with slip along the <111> direction.

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Slip Systems

7.5 (a) Define a slip system.


(b) Do all metals have the same slip system? Why or why not?

Solution

(a) A slip system is a crystallographic plane, and, within that plane, a direction along which dislocation
motion (or slip) occurs.
(b) All metals do not have the same slip system. The reason for this is that for most metals, the slip system
will consist of the most densely packed crystallographic plane, and within that plane the most closely packed
direction. This plane and direction will vary from crystal structure to crystal structure.

7.7 One slip system for the BCC crystal structure is {110} 111 . In a manner similar to Figure 7.6b, sketch a
{110} -type plane for the BCC structure, representing atom positions with circles. Now, using arrows, indicate two
different 111 slip directions within this plane.

Solution

Below is shown the atomic packing for a BCC {110} -type plane. The arrows indicate two different 111 -

type directions.
7.12 Consider a metal single crystal oriented such that the normal to the slip plane and the slip direction are at
angles of 43.1° and 47.9°, respectively, with the tensile axis. If the critical resolved shear stress is 20.7 MPa (3000
psi), will an applied stress of 45 MPa (6500 psi) cause the single crystal to yield? If not, what stress will be
necessary?

Solution

This problem calls for us to determine whether or not a metal single crystal having a specific orientation
and of given critical resolved shear stress will yield. We are given that φ = 43.1°, λ = 47.9°, and that the values of
the critical resolved shear stress and applied tensile stress are 20.7 MPa (3000 psi) and 45 MPa (6500 psi),
respectively. From Equation 7.2

τ R = σ cos φ cos λ = (45 MPa)(cos 43.1°)(cos 47.9°) = 22.0 MPa (3181 psi)

Since the resolved shear stress (22 MPa) is greater than the critical resolved shear stress (20.7 MPa), the single
crystal will yield.

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