The effects of tensile plastic deformation on the hardness and Young's modulus of a bulk nanocrystalline alloy studied by nanoindentation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1235-1239

  Fan, G J ^a   Jiang, W H ^a   Liu, F X ^a   Choo, H ^a   Liaw, P K ^a   Yang, B ^b   Fu, L F ^c   Browning, N D ^c,d  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GRAIN GROWTH; HARDNESS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOINDENTATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TEXTURES;

STRESS-INDUCED GRAIN GROWTH; TENSILE PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TEXTURE DEVELOPMENT;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

EID: 34250220267     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0147     Document Type: Article

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