Structure and Mechanical Behavior of bulk Nanocrystalline Materials

摘要

The reduction of grain size to the nanometer range (～2-100 nm) has led to many interesting materials properties, including those involving mechanical behavior. In the case of metals, the Hall- Petch equation, which relates the yield Stress to the inverse square root of the Grain size, predicts great increases in Strength with grain refinement. On the Other hand, theory indicates that the High volume fraction of interfacial re- Gions leads to increased deformation by Grain-boundary sliding in metals with Grain size in the low end of the nano- Crystalline range.