Atomistic simulations of elastic deformation and dislocation nucleation during nanoindentation

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-920

  Lilleodden, E T ^a,d   Zimmerman, J A ^b   Foiles, S M ^c   Nix, W D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic; Contact mechanics; Dislocations; Grain boundaries; Indentation and hardness

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PLASTICITY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS;

NANOINDENTATION;

PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

EID: 0037400696     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(02)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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