Abstract
The image force exerted on a screw dislocation near a planar or cylindrical free surface or an elliptical hole is usually smaller than that computed without including the core traction (or effectively regarding the core size as zero). For a screw dislocation emitted from a crack tip, the screw dislocation can be repelled by its images. This questions the critical force criterion for the emission of a dislocation from a crack tip. A criterion using zero activation energy is suggested and compared with the critical force criterion.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 201-206 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Materials Science and Engineering: A |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |