(1) AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China;(2) Department of Civil and Environment Engineering & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Abstract:
The flow theory of mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity theory (MSG) developed by Qiu et al. (2003) is extended for incompressible material. The MSG flow theory is used to predict the increase of plastic work hardening for plane strain tension of surface-passivated Cu thin film. The theoretical predictions agree well with experiments for suitably chosen material parameters. Contributed by HWANG Keh-Chih