Quantitative prediction of solute strengthening in aluminium alloys

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 750-755

  Leyson, Gerard Paul M ^a   Curtin, William A ^a   Hector, Louis G ^b   Woodward, Christopher F ^c  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FORECASTING; PLASTIC FLOW;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE; DISLOCATION INTERACTION; FINITE TEMPERATURES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SOLUTE STRENGTHENING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77956050917     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2813     Document Type: Article

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