Abstract
Strong experimental evidence is obtained that the maximum observed in the temperature dependence of the flow stress of copper alloys is a dislocation inertial effect. By using the superconducting effect in lead as a key, it is found that the maximum occurs when dislocations become critically damped.
- Received 21 December 1976
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.554
©1977 American Physical Society