Knitting of a dislocation network with selective interaction

Abstract

A new type of dislocation network is presented as a supplement to the earlier findings in f.c.c. crystals. The network, initially consisting of two forest families, is knitted by the emission of source dislocations having a Burgers vector perpendicular to that of the second forest family. Accordingly, in the resulting network, the source dislocations have reacted with the first forest family whereas no interaction is found with the second family. Additionally, the network presented provides an example where the glide movement of a dislocation occurs along a non-close-packed plane.