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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Volume 40, Issue 4-5, Pages 338-350Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2007.09.003
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multilayer; image force; shear strength; size effect
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The dependence of the multilayer shear strength on layer thickness is investigated using a discrete dislocation pileup model accounting for image force effects. A three-layer anisotropic model, in contrast to the bilayer model used in most previous works, allows for the explicit consideration of the layer thickness and three interfaces. The image forces are calculated using an image decomposition technique. The results show that attractive image forces are sufficiently large to cause a deviation from the Hall-Petch relation as well as a peak in the relation as the thickness decreases below similar to 40 nm. Furthermore, faceting of the predicted strength-thickness relation can be traced to differences between nucleation-controlled and load-controlled yielding. The predicted results agree broadly with experimental data for metallic multilayers over three length scales from 10(2) nm down to 10(0) nm. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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