| Abstract: | The paper is concerned with theoretical models of dislocation segments fixed at their ends to local obstacles of either the same or two different types. The dislocation inertial properties are shown to influence substantially the probability of unpinning from the local obstacles as the crystal is subjected to ultrasonic oscillations. The unpinning probability in the presence of oscillations can be much higher than that with a constant load of the same magnitude. In the case of two types of obstacles, the weaker can play a “provocative” role facilitating unpinning of dislocations from the stronger obstacles. The considered effects constitute admittedly one of microscopic mechanisms of the plasticizing and “softening” action of ultrasound. |
