Strain gradient and wavelet interpretation of size effects in yield and strength

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 733-745

  Tsagrakis, I ^a   Konstantinidis, A ^a   Aifantis, E C ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient plasticity; Size effects; Strength; Wavelets; Yield

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CONCRETE INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PLASTICITY; STRAIN; TORSIONAL STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

GRADIENT PLASTICITY;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0037544040     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00205-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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