The role of the weakest-link mechanism in controlling the plasticity of micropillars

DOI10.1016/J.JMPS.2008.10.004zbMath1421.74108OpenAlexW2082856150MaRDI QIDQ835843

Jaafar A. El-Awady, Nasr M. Ghoniem, Ming Wen

Publication date: 31 August 2009

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2008.10.004

zbMATH Keywords

plasticitysize effectsmicropillarsdislocations dynamicsnickel

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S15) Crystalline structure (74E15) Micromechanics of solids (74M25)

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• A computational method for dislocation-precipitate interaction
• A self-consistent boundary element, parametric dislocation dynamics formulation of plastic flow in finite volumes
• Size effects under homogeneous deformation of single crystals: A discrete dislocation analysis
• Plasticity size effects in tension and compression of single crystals

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