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Dislocation and Grain Size Roles in Physical Mesomechanics

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An update of research interests is given here on: (i) a historical description of the influence of polycrystal grain size on metal strength properties; (ii) a reciprocal square root of grain size dependence for the strength of steel materials; (iii) a grain-size-dependent transition for steel materials from plastic yielding to brittleness; (iv) thermally-activated dislocation dynamics for temperature and strain rate dependence in α-titanium and extending to shock loading of armco iron; and, (v) the combined influences of grain size and strain rate dependencies for copper, nickel, aluminum, and lead materials spanning grain size strengthening and weakening behaviors measured over meso- to nanograin sizes.

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Armstrong, R.W. Dislocation and Grain Size Roles in Physical Mesomechanics. Phys Mesomech 24, 418–425 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959921040068

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