BASIC MECHANISMS OF STRAIN HARDENING IN CERAMICS.

Abstract

The paper deals with fundamental studies of strain hardening in rock salt structure ceramics. Strain hardening at low temperatures is primarily associated with dislocation interactions within single slip bands. As the slip band structure varies so the mechanism controlling strain hardening changes. It may involve dislocation dislocation interaction (Taylor hardening), dislocation dipole interaction, or dislocation - prismatic loop interaction depending on the particular material and test temperature. Strain hardening at intermediate temperatures is associated with multiple slip. Conjugate slip is much less effective in hardening a crystal than oblique slip, principally because dislocations with oblique Burgers vectors react to form sessile dislocations. Strain hardening due to conjugate slip completely disappears at high temperatures and crystals deforming by this mode become plastically unstable. Strain hardening due to oblique slip never disappears. At high temperatures, the dislocation reaction generates stable dislocation networks which constitute the major barrier to dislocation movement. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0623887

Entities

People

  • R. J. Stokes

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Dislocations
  • Energy Bands
  • Hardening
  • High Temperature
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Strain Hardening

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Materials Science and Engineering.