  Plastic deformation in microscale differs from the macroscopic plasticity in
two respects: (i) the flow stress of small samples depends on their size (ii)
the scatter of plasticity increases significantly. In this work we focus on the
scatter of plasticity. We statistically characterize the deformation process of
micropillars under tension using results from discrete dislocation dynamics
(DDD) simulations. We then propose a stochastic microplasticity model which
uses the extracted information from the above statistical characterization to
make statistical predictions regarding the micropillar stress-strain curves.
This model aims to map the complex dynamics of interacting dislocations onto a
stochastic processes involving the continuum variables of stress and strain.
Therefore, it combines a classical continuum description of the elastic-plastic
problem with a stochastic description of the discrete dislocation dynamics. We
compare the model predictions with the underlying DDD simulations and outline
potential future applications of the same modelling approach.
