Engineering science aspects of the Hall-Petch relation

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 225, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 1013-1028

  Armstrong, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METALLURGY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES;

AVERAGE GRAIN DIAMETER; CONTINUUM MECHANICS MODELS; DISLOCATION MECHANICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS PARAMETERS; MICRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; POLYCRYSTALLINE IRON; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84898033055     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-013-1048-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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