Background and Some Concepts
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