Nanocrystalline grain boundaries that slip and separate: A gradient theory that accounts for grain-boundary stress and conditions at a triple-junction

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 184-199

  Gurtin, Morton E ^a   Anand, Lallit ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum modelling; Nanocrystalline grain boundaries; Slip and separation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STRAIN RATE;

COHESIVE INTERFACE; CONTINUUM MODELING; INTERFACIAL FORCE; NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; VISCOINELASTIC FLOW RULES;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 37849003888     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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