ON THE NATURE OF STRAIN HARDENING IN FACE-CENTERED-CUBIC METALS

Abstract

The low temperature tensile and creep behaviors of single crystals of Cu were evaluated and analyzed in such a manner as to provide an estimate of the separate contributions of short and long range stress fields to strain-hardening. Furthermore, the average force-displacement diagram for thermally activated intersection of two dislocations was established. This diagram plus a knowledge of the variation of dislocation spacing and the long-range back stresses with strain permits an accurate prediction of creep rates. The calculated activation energy for intersection under conditions of a constant strain rate increases linearly with the absolute temperature as required by theory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 1961
Accession Number
AD0258633

Entities

People

  • J.e. Dorn
  • P.w. Osborne
  • S.k. Mitra

Organizations

  • Materials Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystals
  • Dislocations
  • Displacement
  • Hardening
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Low Temperature
  • Single Crystals
  • Strain Hardening
  • Strain Rate

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.

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