Stress-gradient plasticity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 15716-15720

  Chakravarthy, Srinath S ^a   Curtin, W A ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum modeling; Size effects; Strengthening mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; GRAIN; GRAIN HARDNESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TORSION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80053138106     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107035108     Document Type: Article

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