Physical nature of stages in plastic deformation

• DOI: 10.1007/bf00894514
• Publication Date: 2004-12-28T22:44:33Z
• Authors: N. A. Koneva; �. V. Kozlov
• Keywords: Annihilation

In summary, the transition from one stage of plastic deformation to another is due to the phase transformations in the subsystem of deformation defects. These transformations are controlled by an internal parameter of the system, viz., the scalar dislocation density, whose value is determined by both the external force and processes retarding the shear and annihilation. The main structural level controlling this process is the level of the dislocation subsystem.