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PUBLICATIONS

A Statistical Connection Between Dislocations and Mechanical Properties

Published

Author(s)

Lyle E. Levine, R M. Thomson

Abstract

The extreme complexity of the dislocation-based processes that underlie plastic deformation are in marked contrast to the relatively simple behavior observed macroscopically. The simplification arises because a deforming metal can be described as a self-organizing critical system, where the internal state variables are statistical dislocation-transport parameters. The connection to dislocation and lower-level atomistic processes comes in through the continuously evolving distribution of dislocation segment lengths within the dislocation cell walls.
Citation
Plasticity
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

dislocations, percolation theory, plastic deformation, slip lines, work hardening

Citation

Levine, L. and Thomson, R. (2008), A Statistical Connection Between Dislocations and Mechanical Properties, Plasticity (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created October 16, 2008
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