Physical Metallurgy Lecture Notes

Overview & Synopsis

The central point of
this note is to provide a physical basis that links the structure of materials
with their properties, focusing primarily on metals. Topics covered includes:
Basic crystallography, Crystal shear stress and yielding, Burgers' vector,
Dislocation energy, Dislocation interactions, Crystal structures and their slip
systems, Applying stress, Twinning, Heating metals, Steel properties,
Nanocrystalline metals.