Strengthening Mechanisms in Crystal Plasticity (Oxford Series on Materials Modelling)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: September 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780198516002
Subjects: Metals technology / metallurgy; Plasticity; Science; Science/Mathematics; Crystallography; Physics; Science / Physics; Computer simulation; Crystals; Dislocations in crystals; Plastic properties; Strengthening mechanisms in solids
Description: Technologically important metals and alloys have been strengthened throughout history by empirical means. The scientific bases of the central mechanisms of such forms of strengthening, developed over the past several decades are presented here through mechanistic models and associated experimental results.