Syllabus
1. Plastic deformation at very low temperatures. Anomalous behaviour of critical resolved yield stress. Unstable very low temperature deformation. Quantum effects. Deformation of supercondactors.
2. Deformation of bcc metals. Experimental results of slip geometry. y-c curves. Models of slip in bcc metals. Critical resolved shear stress. Hardening in bcc metals.
3. Deformation of polycrystals. Description of stress strain curve. Models of hardening and softening in polycrystals.
4. Plastic deformation of multicomponent systems. Solid solution and interstitial hardening. Precipitation hardening. Dispersion hardening. Composite materials.
5. Fatigue of metals. Cyclic plastic deformation. Cyklic hardening and softening. Nukleation of fatugue cracks. Fatigue fracture.
Annotation
Plastic deformation at very low temperatures. Deformation of bcc metals.
Creep. Hardening and softening in polycrystals.
Plastic deformation of multicomponent systems. Fatigue of metals.