A review of fatigue behavior in nanocrystalline metals

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.

Volumn 67, Issue , 2010, Pages 5-23

  Padilla II, H A ^a   Boyce, B L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy; Failure; Fatigue; Nanocrystalline; Ultra fine grained

Indexed keywords

BULK METALLIC GLASS; CRACK PATHS; CYCLIC DEFORMATIONS; CYCLIC HARDENING; CYCLIC PLASTICITY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE STRIATIONS; GRAIN COARSENING; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; HALL-PETCH BEHAVIOR; INITIATION PROCESS; INTERNAL DEFECTS; LARGE STRAINS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSTRUCTURAL STABILITY; MONOTONIC DEFORMATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE METAL; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PERSISTENT SLIP BANDS; PROPAGATION PROCESS; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED;

CERIUM ALLOYS; COARSENING; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLIC GLASS; METALS; PLASTICITY; SURFACE DEFECTS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 79960070256     PISSN: 10466789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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