... Inc.Cottrell, A.H. (19 57) The Properties of Materials at High Rates of Strain. Institute of Mechanical Engineering, London, UK.Courtney, T.H. (1990) Mechanical Behavior of Materials, John Wiley, ... John Wiley, New York.Frenkel, J. (1926) Z Phys. vol. 37, p 572 .Gilman, J.J. and Johnston, W.G. (19 57) Dislocations and Mechanical Properties of Crystals. In: J.C. Fisher, W.G. Johnston, R. Thomson ... Inc.givenbyEq.(6.5)foracubiclattice.Slipis,therefore,morelikelytooccurbytheexchangeofbonds,thanthecompleteshearofatomicplanesovereachother,assuggestedbyFig.6.1.ThereadershouldexamineEqs(6.8a)and(6.8b)carefullysincethedependenceofthelatticefrictionstress,f,onlatticeparametersaandbhassomeimportantimplications.Itshouldbereadilyapparentthatthefrictionstressisminimizedonplaneswithlargeverticalspacings,a,andsmallhorizontalspacings,b.Dislocationmotionis,therefore,mostlikelytooccuronclose-packedplaneswhichgenerallyhavethelargestvaluesofaandthesmallestvaluesofb.Dislocationmotionisalsomostlikelytooccuralongclose-packeddirectionswithsmallvaluesofb.Hence,close-packedmaterialsaremorelikelytobeductile,whilelessclose-packedmaterialssuchasceramicsaremorelikelytobebrittle.Wearenowpreparedtotackletheproblemofdislocationmotionincrystallinematerials.First,wewillconsiderthemovementofedgedisloca-tionsonclose-packedplanesinclose-packeddirections.Suchmovementisgenerallydescribedasconservativemotionsincethetotalnumberofatomsontheslipplaneisconserved,i.e.,constant.However,wewillalsoconsiderthenonconservativemotionofedgedislocationswhichisoftendescribedasFIGURE6.8Schematicof(a)wideand(b)narrowdislocations.(FromCottrell,19 57. Reprinted with permission from Institute of Mechanical Engineering.)Copyright © 2003 Marcel Dekker, Inc.FIGURE 6.5 Structure of a screw dislocation: (a) displacement of upper half of crystal...