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The Determination of Evolving Microstructure Using Constitutive Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

B.J. Diak
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Nicol Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
S. Saimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Nicol Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Abstract

The evolution of the constitutive parameter, the mean slip distance, λ, is monitored during tensile deformation of 3.2 μm grain size aluminum at 200 K. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirms that the grain size, D, sets an upper limit to λ.

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