On boundary conditions and plastic strain-gradient discontinuity in lower-order gradient plasticity

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1793-1826

  Acharya, Amit ^a   Tang, Huang ^a   Saigal, Sunil ^a   Bassani, John L ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Gradient plasticity; Hardening

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GRADIENT METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE;

GRADIENT PLASTICITY; RATE INDEPENDENT PLASTICITY;

PLASTICITY;

EID: 3042691921     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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