A unified treatment of strain gradient plasticity

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1379-1406

  Gudmundson, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Strain gradients; B. Constitutive behaviour; Elastic plastic material; Elastic viscoplastic material; Material length scales

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN; TENSORS;

CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOR; ELASTIC VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS; MATERIAL LENGTH SCALES; STRAIN GRADIENTS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1642633214     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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