Continuum dislocation dynamics: Towards a physical theory of crystal plasticity

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-178

  Hochrainer, Thomas ^a,d   Sandfeld, Stefan ^a,e   Zaiser, Michael ^b,e   Gumbsch, Peter ^a,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal plasticity; Dislocations; Mechanical annealing; Size effects

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL PLASTICITY; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DISCRETE DISLOCATION SIMULATIONS; DISLOCATION MULTIPLICATION; INTERACTION OF DISLOCATIONS; KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; MICRO-STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; SIZE EFFECTS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PILES; PLASTICITY;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

EID: 84891835510     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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