Crystal plasticity modelling of carbide network effects on microstructural strain localization and fracture behaviour in bainitic steels

Abhishek Biswas; Matti Lindroos; Nicolò Grilli; Michael Salvini; Sicong Ren; Paul Chekhonin; Guilherme Corrêa Soares; Andris Freimanis; Mahmoud Mostafavi

doi:10.1016/j.euromechsol.2026.106044

Crystal plasticity modelling of carbide network effects on microstructural strain localization and fracture behaviour in bainitic steels

Abhishek Biswas^*
, Matti Lindroos^*
, Nicolò Grilli
, Michael Salvini
, Sicong Ren
, Paul Chekhonin
, Guilherme Corrêa Soares
, Andris Freimanis
, Mahmoud Mostafavi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	106044
Number of pages	23
Journal	European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids
Volume	118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2026.106044
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2026
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work received funding from Euratom research and training programme 2019–2020 under grant agreement No 900018 (ENTENTE project). The authors acknowledge the assistance of David Lunt and the Royce Institute in styrene vapour assisted gold remodelling patterning of the specimens used in this work. NG, MS, MM acknowledge the support of UKRI through the SINDRI Prosperity Partnership (project reference EP/V038079/1). The authors wish to acknowledge CSC – IT Center for Science, Finland, for computational resources.

Keywords

crystal plasticity
carbides
strain localization
fracture
size-dependent plasticity

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ENTENTE: European Database for Multiscale Modelling of Radiation Damage
Karlsen, W. (Manager) & Lindroos, M. (Participant)
1/09/20 → 31/08/24
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Biswas, A., Lindroos, M., Grilli, N., Salvini, M., Ren, S., Chekhonin, P., Corrêa Soares, G., Freimanis, A., & Mostafavi, M. (2026). Crystal plasticity modelling of carbide network effects on microstructural strain localization and fracture behaviour in bainitic steels. European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids, 118, Article 106044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2026.106044

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ENTENTE: European Database for Multiscale Modelling of Radiation Damage

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