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Publications on Plasticity and Its Applications (Wei Tong)


 
Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) Bands

W. Tong and N. Zhang.  On the serrated plastic flow in an AA5052-H32 sheet.  ASME J. Eng. Mater. Tech. 129(2), 332-341 (2007).

 

S.-Y. Yang and W. Tong.  A perturbation analysis of the unstable plastic flow pattern evolution in an aluminum alloy.  Int. J. Solids & Structures 43(20), 5931-5952 (2006).

 

  W. Tong, H. Tao, N. Zhang, and L.G. Hector.  Time-resolved strain mapping measurements of individual Portevin-Le Chatelier deformation bands.  Scripta Mater. 53(1), 87-92 (2005).

 

 

Fracture and Damage

  W. Tong.  An adaptive backward image correlation technique for deformation mapping of a growing crack in thin sheets.  Exp. Tech. 28(3), 63-67 (2004).

 

Welding

  W. Tong, H. Tao, X. Jiang, N. Zhang, M. Marya, L.G. Hector, and X.Q. Gayden.  Deformation and fracture of miniature tensile bars with resistance spot-weld microstructures. Metall. Mater.Trans. 36A, 2651-2669 (2005).

 

Metal Forming


  W. Tong.  Plastic surface strain mapping of bent sheets by image correlation. Exp. Mech. 44(5), 502-511 (2004).