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A superposition framework for discrete dislocation plasticity MPODayandWACurtin Division of Engineering Brown University Providence RI Abstract A sup erp osition technique is intro duced which allows for the application of discrete dis lo cation DD plasticity to a wide range of thermomechanical problems with reduced com putational eort Problems involving regions of diering elastic andor plastic b ehavior are solved by sup erp osing the solutions to i DD mo dels only for those regions of the structure where dislo cation phenomena are p ermitted sub ject either zero traction or displacement at every p oint on the b oundary and ii an elastic EL or elasticcohesivezone mo del of the entire structure sub ject to all desired loading and b oundary conditions The DD sub problem is solved with standard DD machinery for an elastically homogeneous material The EL subproblem requires only a standard elastic or elasticcohesivezone nite element FE calculation The subproblems are coupled the negative of the tractions develop ed at the b oundaries of the DD subproblem are applied as b o dy forces in the EL subproblem while the stress eld of the EL subproblem contributes a driving force to the dislo cations in the DD subproblem structure This decomp osition and the generic b oundary conditions of the DD subproblem p ermit the DD machinery to b e easily applied as a blackb ox constitutive material description in an otherwise elastic FE formulation and to b e used in a broader scop e of applications due to the overall enhanced computational eciency The metho d is validated against prior results for crack growth along a plasticrigid bimaterial interface P