Synopses & Reviews
Review
"...well written work, many historical quotations make the book more readable....should be purchased by all engineering libraries and by those individuals, including graduate students, who are interested in classical metal plasticity theory." Dan Nicolae Cristescu, Applied Mechanics Review"From the point of view of a geologist, therefore, the book contains very readable summaries of the seminal contributions of the founding fathers of crystal plasticity." E.H. Rutter, Geology Magazine"...can be very useful for both highly skilled specialists and post-graduate students dealing with the finite deformation problem and plasticity phenomena." Victor A. Llvov, Mathematical Reviews
Synopsis
This book reviews and interrelates a large number of theoretical and experimental contributions to the research on finite plastic deformation of single crystals and polycrystalline metals made during the last quarter century.
Table of Contents
1. A historical introduction; 2. The kinematics of double slip; 3. A general theory of elastoplastic crystals; 4. Axial load experiments and latent hardening in single crystals; 5. Analysis of crystals in channel die compression; 6. Theoretical connections between crystal and aggregate behaviour; 7. Approximate polycrystal models; Appendix: The general theory of work-conjugate stress and strain.