Inelastic microstructural failure mechanisms in crystalline materials with high angle grain boundaries

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1765-1798

  Zikry, M A ^a   Kao, M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. dislocations; A. grain boundaries; A. microstructures; B. crystal plasticity; B. finite strain

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; STRAIN;

BLOCKAGE; CONSTITUTIVE FORMULATION; FAILURE MECHANISMS; MISORIENTATION; SLIP RATE TRANSMISSION; SOFTENING; TRANSMISSION SCALAR;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030290888     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5096(96)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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