1st Edition

Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials

Edited By James C. M. Li Copyright 2011
    344 Pages 39 Color & 116 B/W Illustrations
    by Jenny Stanford Publishing

    This book concentrates on both understanding and development of nanocrystalline materials. The original relation which connects grain size and strength known as the Hall-Petch relation is studied in the nanometer grain size region. The breakdown of such a relation is a challenge. Why and how to overcome? Is the dislocation mechanism still operating when the grain size is very small approaching the amorphous limit? How do we go from the microstructure information to the continuum description of the mechanical properties.

    Foreword
    Preface
    Mechanisms Governing the Plastic Deformaton of Nanocrystalline Materials, Including Grain-Size Sotening Hans Conrad and Jay Narayan
    Enhanced Mechanical Propertes of Nanostructured Metals Produced by SPD Techniques Ruslan Z. Valiev and Terence G. Langdon
    Strength and Strain-Rate Sensitvity of Nanopolycrystals Ronald W. Armstrong
    A Composite Model of Nanocrystalline Materials George J. Weng
    The Effect of Microstructural Features on the Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Metals Zbigniew Pakiela, Malgorzata Lewandowska, and Krzysztof J. Kurzydlowski
    Mechanical Behavior and Deforma□□on Mechanism of FCC Metals With Nanoscale Twins L. Lu and K. Lu
    Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystalline Materials James C. M. Li
    Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Ultrafine and Nanocrystalline Refractory Metals Qiuming Wei and Laszlo J. Kecskes
    Fracture Behavior of Nanocrystalline Ceramics Ilya A. Ovid’ko and Alexander G. Sheinerman
    On Challenging Problems in Bridging the Scales From the Atomisic to the Contnuum Mohammed Cherkaoui
    Subject Index

    Name Index

    Biography

    James C. M. Li is professor of mechanical engineering and of materials science at Rochester University. James has published numerous papers and won many distinguished awards, including the Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award.

    "Ever since the development of novel processes to produce nanocrystalline materials, researchers have been active in enhancing mechanical properties by tailoring the material microstructure and composition. This is a seminal book edited by Professor James C. M. Li, the most authoritative scientist on the subject. It would be of great value to students, teachers and researchers working in the field of materials science and engineering."
    —Dr. B. B. Rath, Naval Research Laboratory, USA