On the effects of dislocation density on micropillar strength

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1185, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-62

  Benzerga, A A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDENING; PLASTICITY;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; EXHAUSTION HARDENING; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH DISLOCATION DENSITY; LENGTH SCALE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77649230897     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-1185-ii05-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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