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The dependence of grain-boundary sliding on shear stress

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Polycrystalline specimens of four materials: aluminium, a lead/thallium alloy,β-brass and Magnox AL80 were subjected to slow creep at a temperature of approximately 0.5T m (whereT m is the melting temperature in degrees Kelvin) and measurements made of the dependence of grain-boundary sliding on the orientation of the boundary with respect to the applied stress. The results were analysed in detail on the basis of the hypothesis that sliding is governed by the component of the applied stress resolved in the boundary plane. Agreement between theory and experiment leads to the conclusion that this is a most important factor governing sliding. The component of sliding revealed by steps on a free surface is seen to contain an extra term due to the unbalanced pressure from grains below the surface.

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  1. Baillieu Laboratory, The University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    R. C. Gifkins

  2. Central Electricity Research Laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK

    A. Gittins

  3. Engineering Laboratories, The University, Southampton, UK

    R. L. Bell

  4. Surface Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, The University, Cambridge, UK

    T. G. Langdon

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Gifkins, R.C., Gittins, A., Bell, R.L. et al. The dependence of grain-boundary sliding on shear stress. J Mater Sci 3, 306–313 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00741967

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