Materials science: Ultrahigh strength in nanocrystalline materials under shock loading

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5742, 2005, Pages 1838-1841

  Bringa, Eduardo M ^a   Caro, Alfredo ^a   Wang, Yinmin ^a   Victoria, Maximo ^a   McNaney, James M ^a   Remington, Bruce A ^a   Smith, Raymond F ^a   Torralva, Ben R ^a   Van Swygenhoven, Helena ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICKEL; PLASTICITY; TWINNING;

DISLOCATION INTERACTIONS; LOW PRESSURE; SHOCK FRONT; ULTRAHIGH STRENGTH;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COPPER; CRYSTALLIN; NICKEL;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STRENGTH; STRESS;

EID: 24944510309     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116723     Document Type: Article

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