title: Anomalous plasticity in the cyclic torsion of micron scale metallic wires.
abstract: The plasticity of micron scale Cu and Au wires under cyclic torsion is investigated for the first time by using a torsion balance technique. In addition to a size effect, a distinct Bauschinger effect and an anomalous plastic recovery, wherein reverse plasticity even occurs upon unloading, are unambiguously revealed. The Bauschinger effect and plastic recovery have been observed in molecular dynamics and discrete dislocation dynamics simulations of ideal single-crystal wires; the results here are an excellent confirmation that these effects also occur in experiment in nonideal polycrystalline wires. A physical model consistent with the simulations is described in which the geometrically necessary dislocations induced by the nonuniform deformation in torsion play the key role in these anomalous plastic behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China and Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China and Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Yuming
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authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China and Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China and Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China and Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China and Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
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