Overall mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline materials accompanied by damage evolution on grain boundaries

International Journal of Damage Mechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-42

  Chen, Li ^a   Wei, Yueguang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

damage evolution; finite element method; fracture; Grain boundary; mixed mode cohesive model; nanocrystalline metals

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE INTERFACE MODELS; COHESIVE MODEL; CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; NANOCRYSTALLINE METAL; STRAIN GRADIENT PLASTICITY THEORY; STRAIN-HARDENING EXPONENT; STRENGTH AND DUCTILITIES;

ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84890955282     PISSN: 10567895     EISSN: 15307921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056789513482599     Document Type: Article

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