Mechanics of a nanocrystalline coating and grain-size dependence of its plastic strength

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 496-504

  Barai, Pallab ^a   Weng, George J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite plate model; Grain size dependence of stress strain relations; Hall Petch and inverse Hall Petch effects; Nanocrystalline coating; Strength differential effect

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PLATES; GRAIN SIZE DEPENDENCE; HALL-PETCH; NANOCRYSTALLINE COATINGS; STRENGTH-DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS;

COERCIVE FORCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICS; PLASTIC COATINGS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; WEAR RESISTANCE; YIELD STRESS;

HARDNESS;

EID: 79960442113     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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