Sandfeld, S.S.SandfeldHochrainer, T.T.HochrainerZaiser, M.M.ZaiserGumbsch, P.P.Gumbsch2022-03-042022-03-042011https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/22625510.1557/jmr.2010.92Miniaturization of components and devices calls for an increased effort on physically motivated continuum theories, which can predict size-dependent plasticity by accounting for length scales associated with the dislocation microstructure. An important recent development has been the formulation of a Continuum Dislocation Dynamics theory (CDD) that provides a kinematically consistent continuum description of the dynamics of curved dislocation systems [T. Hochrainer, et al., Philos. Mag. 87, 1261 (2007)]. In this work, we present a brief overview of dislocation-based continuum plasticity models. We illustrate the implementation of CDD by a numerical example, bending of a thin film, and compare with results obtained by three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) simulation.en620journal article