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The Influence of Dislocation Climb on the Mechanical Behaviour of Polycrystals at Elevated Temperature Minsheng Huanga,b,c, Zhenhuan Li*a,b, Jie Tongc a Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China b Hubei Key Laboratory for Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan, 430074, China c Mechanical Behaviour of Materials Group, School of Engineering, Anglesea Building, Anglesea Road, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3DJ, UK Abstract The tension behaviour of a polycrystalline aluminum with selected grain sizes of submicron/micron was modelled using the climb-assisted discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) technique. Special focus was given to how dislocation climb influences the flow stress of the polycrystalline aluminum with regard to selected grain sizes at elevated temperature. A periodical representative cell (PRC) consisting of given number of grains was used in the simulations. Results showed that, at the high temperature considered, dislocation climb plays an important role in defining the mechanical behaviour of the polycrystalline crystal. Specifically, dislocation climb decreases significantly the flow stress and hardening rate while increases the dislocation density by relieving the dislocation pile-ups against the grain boundaries (GBs). In addition, the grain size effect on the yield stress of polycrystalline aluminum is significantly weakened by dislocation climb, especially when the grain size falls within the range of submicron. Another interesting result is that, at high temperature, when both dislocation climb and glide are considered, the grain size effect seems to be insignificant with regard to the applied strain rate, although the strength of material increases with enhanced loading rate. Keywords: Dislocation climb; Grain size; Discrete dislocation dynamics; Polycrystal; Elevated temperature. 1. Introduction With rapid development of micron/nanom