Nanoscale room temperature creep of nanocrystalline nickel pillars at low stresses

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-64

  Choi, In Chul ^a   Kim, Yong Jae ^a   Seok, Moo Young ^a   Yoo, Byung Gil ^a   Kim, Ju Young ^b   Wang, Yinmin ^c   Jang, Jae Il ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Nanocrystalline nickel; Nanomechanical properties; Size effect; Time dependent plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION VOLUME; CREEP STRAIN; FREE SURFACES; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; LOW STRESS; NANO SCALE; NANO-CRYSTALLINE NICKEL; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; NOMINAL YIELD STRENGTH; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIZE EFFECTS; STRESS EXPONENTS; TIME-DEPENDENT; UNIAXIAL CREEP;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL;

CREEP;

EID: 84871717208     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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