Structure and Properties of Materials

  1. Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms
    1. Dislocation Motion
      1. Slip Systems
        1. Slip Planes
          1. Slip Directions
            1. Close-Packed Directions and Planes
            2. Slip in Single Crystals
              1. Critical Resolved Shear Stress
                1. Schmid's Law
                  1. Schmid Factor
                    1. Orientation Effects
                    2. Slip in Polycrystalline Materials
                      1. Multiple Slip Systems
                        1. Grain Boundary Constraints
                          1. Taylor Factor
                          2. Cross Slip
                            1. Change of Slip Plane
                              1. Screw Dislocation Motion
                              2. Climb
                                1. Edge Dislocation Motion
                                  1. Vacancy Diffusion
                                    1. Temperature Dependence
                                  2. Mechanisms of Strengthening in Metals
                                    1. Strengthening by Grain Size Reduction
                                      1. Hall-Petch Relationship
                                        1. Grain Boundary Strengthening
                                          1. Grain Size Measurement
                                          2. Solid-Solution Strengthening
                                            1. Substitutional Solid Solutions
                                              1. Interstitial Solid Solutions
                                                1. Atomic Size Mismatch
                                                  1. Modulus Mismatch
                                                    1. Cottrell Atmospheres
                                                    2. Strain Hardening
                                                      1. Work Hardening
                                                        1. Dislocation Multiplication
                                                          1. Dislocation Interactions
                                                            1. Strain Hardening Rate
                                                            2. Precipitation Hardening
                                                              1. Age Hardening
                                                                1. Coherent Precipitates
                                                                  1. Orowan Mechanism
                                                                    1. Shearing Mechanism
                                                                    2. Dispersion Strengthening
                                                                      1. Incoherent Particles
                                                                        1. Orowan Strengthening
                                                                          1. Particle Size Effects
                                                                        2. Recovery, Recrystallization, and Grain Growth
                                                                          1. Recovery
                                                                            1. Dislocation Rearrangement
                                                                              1. Subgrain Formation
                                                                                1. Property Changes
                                                                                  1. Driving Force
                                                                                  2. Recrystallization
                                                                                    1. Nucleation of New Grains
                                                                                      1. Growth of Recrystallized Grains
                                                                                        1. Recrystallization Temperature
                                                                                          1. Factors Affecting Recrystallization
                                                                                          2. Grain Growth
                                                                                            1. Normal Grain Growth
                                                                                              1. Abnormal Grain Growth
                                                                                                1. Driving Force
                                                                                                  1. Grain Growth Kinetics
                                                                                                    1. Factors Affecting Grain Growth
                                                                                                    2. Annealing Processes
                                                                                                      1. Stress Relief Annealing
                                                                                                        1. Recrystallization Annealing
                                                                                                          1. Grain Growth Annealing

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