A grain size-dependent crystal plasticity-twinning phase field model is proposed by integrating a Hall-Petch-type slipping resistance and a grain misorientation-dependent barrier energy. Monotonic and cyclic deformation simulations are performed on the texture-free and basal-textured polycrystalline Mg alloys to investigate their plastic deformation and underlying mechanisms governed by both the grain size and texture. The results demonstrate that the grain refinement suppresses twinning and promotes non-basal slipping, shifting the plastic deformation in the texture-free alloys from a twinning-dislocation slipping co-dominance to a dislocation slipping dominance. However, the sustained dominance of twinning and basal slipping in the basal-textured systems indicates a lower critical grain size of twinning compared to the texture-free ones. Under a cyclic loading, the grain refinement mitigates the detwinning-induced inelastic unloading in the texture-free systems and reduces the yield asymmetry in the basal-textured ones. The grain refinement also reduces the number and kind of twins by limiting their available space and nucleation sites, and weakening the twin-twin interactions. The increased deformation homogeneity shifts the twin evolution at peak tensile strain from a thickening-to nucleation- and propagation-dominated modes and makes the re-twinning be more strongly suppressed than primary twinning. Furthermore, the texture enhances twin-twin interactions, intensifying the localization of dislocation slipping, while the grain refinement promotes a more homogeneous distribution of dislocation slipping. The inhomogeneous stress fields generated by accumulated dislocations reversely regulate the twin activity, revealing a coupling mechanism between them. These findings provide mechanistic insights into strengthening and toughening Mg alloys through a texture-grain size synergistic design.
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