The theoretical tensile strength of fcc crystals predicted from shear strength calculations

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Cerny M ^a   Pokluda, J ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL CODES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; CUBIC CRYSTAL; ELASTIC STABILITY; FCC CRYSTALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLE; IDEAL SHEAR STRENGTH; NORMAL STRESS; PLANE-WAVE BASIS SET; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; RELAXATION PROCEDURES; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SHEAR SYSTEMS; SLIP SYSTEM; STRENGTH CALCULATION; STRESS TENSORS; TENSILE DEFORMATION; TENSILE INSTABILITIES; TENSILE LOADING; UNIAXIAL TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRYSTALS; DEFORMATION; STABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 67649230176     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/14/145406     Document Type: Article

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