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Background and Some Concepts

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9789810248581_0001Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      The following sections are included:

      • Introduction

      • Elastic and Plastic Regimes

        • Elastic Deformation

        • Atomic Forces and Elastic Properties

        • Plastic Deformation

      • Griffith Criterion: Role of Surfaces

      • Peierls Stress and Barrier

      • Dislocation Core and Atomic Force

      • Stacking Faults

      • Glissile and Sessile Dislocations

      • Concept of Fractals

      • ‘Glue’ and Related Models of Interatomic Force Fields

      • Pair Potentials

      • Grain and Twin Boundaries

      • Alloy Formation: Rules and Models

        • Solid Solubility: Hume-Rothery Factors

      • Friction Mechanisms