Mechanistic models for the activation volume and rate sensitivity in metals with nanocrystalline grains and nano-scale twins

Acta Materialia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3369-3382

  Asaro, Robert J ^a   Suresh, Subra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Modeling; Nanostructured metals; Strain rate sensitivity; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; TWINNING;

NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAINS; NANOSTRUCTURED METALS; STACKING ENERGY; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 19844375513     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2005.03.047     Document Type: Article

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