A.L. Greer

TL;DR: On the bicentenary of the publication of Poisson's Traité de Mécanique, the continuing relevance of Poissons's ratio in the understanding of the mechanical characteristics of modern materials is reviewed.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of metallic glasses as structural materials is assessed and a wide-ranging comparison with conventional engineering materials shows metallic glasses to be restricted to niche applications, but with outstanding properties awaiting wider application, for example in micro electro-mechanical systems devices.

TL;DR: A comprehensive and up-to-date review on the rapid progress achieved very recently on this subject can be found in this article, where key materials-science issues of general interest, including the initiation of shear localization starting from shear transformations, the temperature and velocity reached in the propagating or sliding band, the structural evolution inside the shear-band material, and the parameters that strongly influence shearbanding are discussed.

TL;DR: The intrinsic plasticity or brittleness of crystalline metals correlates with the ratio of the elastic shear modulus to the bulk modulus, and when the ratio exceeds a critical value, the metal is brittle as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model is presented for the prediction of grain size in inoculated castings and is tested against measured grain sizes obtained in standard grain-refiner tests on aluminium alloys.