Dislocation nucleation from bicrystal interfaces with dissociated structure

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-160

  Spearot, Douglas E ^a   Jacob, Karl I ^a,b   McDowell, David L ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Copper; Dislocations; Grain boundaries; Inelastic deformation; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BICRYSTAL INTERFACES; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS; TENSILE DEFORMATION;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 33748750424     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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