<p> The fatigue softening behaviour of copper single crystals was investigated as a function of temperature. Copper crystals, prestrained in tension, were softened by "push-pull" cycling at constant plastic strain amplitude, in the low amplitude range, and the cyclic stress-strain curves determined at various temperatures. Transmission electron microscopy was employed to determine the detailed microstructural changes which occured during softening while X-ray and slip line observations were utilized to indicate the overall structural changes on a macroscopic scale. The results were correlated and a rationale, based on dipole production, proposed for the observed softening behaviour. </p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/18624 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Huggard, David |
| Contributors | Embury, J. D., Metallurgy and Materials Science |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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