A bimodal bulk ultra-fine-grained nickel: Experimental and micromechanical investigations

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 522-536

  Ramtani, S ^a   Dirras, G ^a   Bui, H Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Bimodal microstructure; Grain size effect; Micromechanics; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; BIMODAL MICROSTRUCTURE; COARSER GRAINS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINE GRAINS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE EFFECT; HIGH-STRENGTH; INTERNAL STRESS; LOCAL MAGNITUDE; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICROMETER-SIZED POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC STRAIN; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SELF-CONSISTENT APPROACH; SUBMICRON GRAINS; SUBMICRON RANGE; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED METALS; UNIMODAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILITY; ELASTICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL ALLOYS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SINTERING; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 77950340836     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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