Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This BOOK -- List of Symbols -- CHAPTER 1: Measuring the Strength of Metals -- 1.1 How Is Strength Measured? -- 1.2 The Tensile Test -- 1.3 Stress in a Test Specimen -- 1.4 Strain in a Test Specimen -- 1.5 The Elastic Stress versus Strain Curve -- 1.6 The Elastic Modulus -- 1.7 Lateral Strains and Poisson's Ratio -- 1.8 Defining Strength -- 1.9 Stress-Strain Curve -- 1.10 The True Stress-True Strain Conversion -- 1.11 Example Tension Tests -- 1.12 Accounting for Strain Measurement Errors -- 1.13 Formation of a Neck in a Tensile Specimen -- 1.14 Strain Rate -- 1.15 Measuring Strength: Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 2: Structure and Bonding -- 2.1 Forces and Resultant Energies Associated with an Ionic Bond -- 2.2 Elastic Straining and the Force versus Separation Diagram -- 2.3 Crystal Structure -- 2.4 Plastic Deformation -- 2.5 Dislocations -- 2.6 Summary: Structure and Bonding -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 3: Contributions to Strength -- 3.1 Strength of a Single Crystal -- 3.2 The Peierls Stress -- 3.3 The Importance of Available Slip Systems and Geometry of HCP Metals -- 3.4 Contributions from Grain Boundaries -- 3.5 Contributions from Impurity Atoms -- 3.6 Contributions from Stored Dislocations -- 3.7 Contributions from Precipitates -- 3.8 Introduction to Strengthening: Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 4: Dislocation-Obstacle Interactions -- 4.1 A Simple Dislocation-Obstacle Profile -- 4.2 Thermal Energy: Boltzmann's Equation -- 4.3 The Implication of 0 K -- 4.4 Addition of a Second Obstacle to a Slip Plane -- 4.5 Kinetics -- 4.6 Analysis of Experimental Data -- 4.7 Multiple Obstacles -- 4.8 Kinetics of Hardening -- 4.9 Summary -- Exercises -- References.

CHAPTER 5: A Constitutive Law for Metal Deformation -- 5.1 Constitutive Laws in Engineering Design and Materials Processing -- 5.2 Simple Hardening Models -- 5.3 State Variables -- 5.4 Defining a State Variable in Metal Deformation -- 5.5 The Mechanical Threshold Stress Model -- 5.5.1 Example Material and Constitutive Law -- 5.6 Common Deviations from Model Behavior -- 5.7 Summary: Introduction to Constitutive Modeling -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 6: Further MTS Model Developments -- 6.1 Removing the Temperature Dependence of the Shear Modulus -- 6.2 Introducing a More Descriptive Obstacle Profile -- 6.3 Dealing With Multiple Obstacles -- 6.4 Defining the Activation Volume in the Presence of Multiple Obstacle Populations -- 6.5 The Evolution Equation -- 6.6 Adiabatic Deformation -- 6.7 Summary: Further MTS Model Developments -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 7: Data Analysis: Deriving MTS Model Parameters -- 7.1 A Hypothetical Alloy -- 7.2 Pure Fosium -- 7.3 Hardening in Pure Fosium -- 7.4 Yield Stress Kinetics in Unstrained FoLLyalloy -- 7.5 Hardening in FoLLyalloy -- 7.6 Evaluating the Stored Dislocation-Obstacle Population -- 7.7 Deriving the Evolution Equation -- 7.8 The Constitutive Law for FoLLyalloy -- 7.9 Data Analysis: Summary -- Exercises -- CHAPTER 8: Application to Copper and Nickel -- 8.1 Pure Copper -- 8.2 Follansbee and Kocks Experiments -- 8.3 Temperature-Dependent Stress-Strain Curves -- 8.4 Eleiche and Campbell Measurements in Torsion -- 8.5 Analysis of Deformation in Nickel -- 8.6 Predicted Stress-Strain Curves in Nickel and Comparison with Experiment -- 8.7 Application to Shock-Deformed Nickel -- 8.8 Deformation in Nickel plus Carbon Alloys -- 8.9 Monel 400: Analysis of Grain-Size Dependence -- 8.10 Copper-Aluminum Alloys -- 8.11 Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 9: Application to BCC Metals and Alloys.

9.1 Pure BCC Metals -- 9.2 Comparison with Campbell and Ferguson Measurements -- 9.3 Trends in the Activation Volume for Pure BCC Metals -- 9.4 Structure Evolution in BCC Pure Metals and Alloys -- 9.5 Analysis of the Constitutive Behavior of a Fictitious BCC Alloy: UfKonel -- 9.6 Analysis of the Constitutive Behavior of AISI 1018 Steel -- 9.7 Analysis of the Constitutive Behavior of Polycrystalline Vanadium -- 9.8 Deformation Twinning in Vanadium -- 9.9 A Model for Dynamic Strain Aging in Vanadium -- 9.10 Analysis of Deformation Behavior of Polycrystalline Niobium -- 9.11 Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 10: Application to HCP Metals and Alloys -- 10.1 Pure Zinc -- 10.2 Kinetics of Yield in Pure Cadmium -- 10.3 Structure Evolution in Pure Cadmium -- 10.4 Pure Magnesium -- 10.5 Magnesium Alloy AZ31 -- 10.6 Pure Zirconium -- 10.7 Structure Evolution in Zirconium -- 10.8 Analysis of Deformation in Irradiated Zircaloy-2 -- 10.9 Analysis of Deformation Behavior of Polycrystalline Titanium -- 10.10 Analysis of Deformation Behavior of Titanium Alloy Ti-6Al-4V -- 10.11 Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 11: Application to Austenitic Stainless Steels -- 11.1 Variation of Yield Stress with Temperature and Strain Rate in Annealed Materials -- 11.2 Nitrogen in Austenitic Stainless Steels -- 11.3 The Hammond and Sikka Study OF 316 -- 11.4 Modeling the Stress-Strain Curve -- 11.5 Dynamic Strain Aging in Austenitic Stainless Steels -- 11.6 Application of the Model to Irradiation-Damaged Material -- 11.7 Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 12: Application to the Strength of Heavily Deformed Metals -- 12.1 Complications Introduced at Large Deformations -- 12.2 Stress Dependence of the Normalized Activation Energy goε -- 12.3 Addition of Stage IV Hardening to the Evolution Law -- 12.4 Grain Refinement.

12.5 Application to Large-Strain ECAP Processing of Copper -- 12.6 An Alternative Method to Assess ECAP-Induced Strengthening -- 12.7 A Large-Strain Constitutive Description of Nickel -- 12.8 Application to Large-Strain ECAP Processing of Nickel -- 12.9 Application to Large-Strain ECAP Processing of Austenitic Stainless Steel -- 12.10 Analysis of Fine-Grain Processed Tungsten -- 12.11 Summary -- Exercises -- References -- CHAPTER 13: Summary and Status of Model Development -- 13.1 Analyzing the Temperature-Dependent Yield Stress -- 13.2 Stress Dependence of the Normalized Activation Energy goε -- 13.3 Evolution -- 13.4 Temperature and Strain-Rate Dependence of Evolution -- 13.5 The Effects of Deformation Twinning -- 13.6 The Signature of Dynamic Strain Aging -- 13.7 Adding Insight to Complex Processing Routes -- 13.8 Temperature Limits -- 13.9 Summary -- References -- Index.