Work Hardening

Work Hardening is a metallurgical phenomenon in which a ductile metal increases in strength and hardness as a result of plastic deformation under applied mechanical stress, due to the accumulation and interaction of dislocations within its crystalline structure.

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  1. TG
    Terence G. Langdon

    University of Southern California, United States

    173 publications · 11.5K citations

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  2. ZH
    Zenji Horita

    Kyushu University, Japan

    72 publications · 6.4K citations

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  3. FP
    Fusheng Pan

    Chongqing University, China

    80 publications · 4.4K citations

    42

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  4. DR
    Dierk Raabe

    Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien, Germany

    48 publications · 8.1K citations

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  5. RS
    Rajiv S. Mishra

    University of North Texas, United States

    54 publications · 4.8K citations

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  1. Acta Materialia

    795 publications · 97.5K citations

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  2. Materials Science and Engineering A

    3.5K publications · 184.1K citations

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  3. Scripta Materialia

    671 publications · 51K citations

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  4. International Journal of Plasticity

    367 publications · 34.8K citations

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  5. Acta Metallurgica

    346 publications · 32K citations

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