Theoretical and numerical investigations of single arm dislocation source controlled plastic flow in FCC micropillars

YN Cui, P Lin, ZL Liu, Z Zhuang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2014 - Elsevier
The 'dislocation source'controlled plastic behaviors in submicron single crystals, which differ
significantly from macroscopic plastic flow, are widely observed in recent in situ TEM tests. In …

Emergence of external size effects in the bulk-scale polycrystal to small-scale single-crystal transition: A maximum in the strength and strain-rate sensitivity of …

JY Zhang, X Liang, P Zhang, K Wu, G Liu, J Sun - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Using microcompression methodology, various plastic deformation characteristics, namely
the strength, strain-rate sensitivity (SRS) and activation volume, of< 1 0 0>-single-crystalline …

Stochastic effects in plasticity in small volumes

S Shao, N Abdolrahim, DF Bahr, G Lin… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Recent studies of micro-and nano-scale metallic structures have exposed considerable
statistical distribution, in addition to significant size dependencies, in the yield strength. This …

Size-dependent creep of duralumin micro-pillars at room temperature

R Gu, AHW Ngan - International Journal of Plasticity, 2014 - Elsevier
The strength of aluminum alloy 2025 (duralumin) micro-pillars is known to be significantly
higher than that of pure Al micro-pillars of comparable sizes since the precipitates present …