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Stress concentration and crack nucleation at the end of a low-angle tilt boundary |
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| Authors: | G Saada |
| Institution: | Laboratoire des Microstructures , CNRS–ONERA, BP 72, 92322 Chatillon Cedex, France |
| Abstract: | A low-angle tilt boundary (LATB) is easily sheared by dislocations identical to those constituting the boundary. This shear results in the creation of semi-infinite low-angle tilt boundaries, which generate a stress at their tips large enough to cause fracture. |
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