Abstract: | With the use of the anisotropic theory of elasticity the energies and the force-distance profiles for the interaction of various types of straight dislocations with point defects of intrusion (atoms of N, C or O) and of replacement in BCC metals with a different degree of elastic anisotropy (Nb, V, Ta, α-Fe) have been calculated. The calculated force-distance profiles in most cases are not centrally symmetric, that leads up to a gliding asymmetry at the direct and reverse directions of dislocation motion. The crystal elastic anisotropy can change the relative mobility of dislocations of various types and accounts for a number of experimentally observed peculiarities of BCC metals stress-strain properties. |