Abstract
In this study, the grain boundary sliding behavior in discontinuous reinforced composites is investigated numerically. The results indicate that the stress enhancement factor for the composite is much larger than the one observed for the matrix material. In the composite, the increase in the strain rates as a result of grain boundary sliding occurs in a wider stress range in comparison to the matrix. It will be shown that the experimentally observed large scale triple point grain boundary cavitation in the composites could occur as a result of large grain rotations resulting from grain boundary sliding and evolution of triaxial stress state. Also, the observed larger creep exponent values or stress dependent creep exponent values for the composites may not be explained solely by the mechanism of grain boundary sliding.
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