On the formation and stability of dislocation patterns. III. Three- dimensional considerations (Q1071594)

A model is proposed to describe the occurrence of the vein structure and the nucleation of persistent slip bands in fatigued metals as a cooperative phenomenon of motion and interaction of dislocation populations. It is based on the competition between diffusive-like mobilities for random or stress induced dislocation motion and cubic-like nonlinearities for the pinning of stress driven dislocations by immobile dipoles. It describes the coexistence of rod-like vein structures and ladder-like persistent slip bands in three dimensions, integrating the qualitative picture of pattern formation in one and two dimensions given earlier in part I and II [see the summaries above (Zbl 0586.73183 and Zbl 0586.73184)].