Modeling of strengthening and softening in inelastic nanocrystalline materials with reference to the triple junction and grain boundaries using strain gradient plasticity

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-26

  Voyiadjis, George Z ^a   Deliktas, Babur ^b  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ENTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACE STATES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PLASTICITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CONTINUUM PLASTICITY; CRYSTAL PLASTICITY; GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; NANO-SIZE; NONLOCAL CONTINUUMS; SIZE RANGES; STATE-VARIABLES; STRAIN-GRADIENT PLASTICITY; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTIONS AND GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

POLYCRYSTALS;

EID: 77954955313     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-010-0338-1     Document Type: Article

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