Impact of the grain size distribution on the yield stress of heterogeneous materials

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-142

  Berbenni, S ^a   Favier, V ^a   Berveiller, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VERLAINE METZ   (France)

Author keywords

A. Microstructures; B. Elastic viscoplastic0 material; B. Inhomogeneous material; Grain size distribution

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ELASTIC VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HALL PETCH RELATION; INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 33748899066     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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