LOCALIZED PLASTIC DEFORMATION AND PERIODIC TABLE

Abstract

: We consider the autowave mechanism of evolution of a localized plastic deformation of crystalline
solids of different origins. It is found that localization of the plastic flow is determined by the relation between
elastic and plastic phenomena in deforming materials. The origin of this relation is explained using general
thermodynamic concepts. It is shown that parameters of plastic flow localization at the stage of linear strain
hardening in the process of solid body deformation are closely related to characteristics of the electronic structure
of metals. Inverse of the product of wavelength and velocity of the localized plasticity autowave grows linearly
with the number of conduction electrons per unit cell of the metal. The obtained data directly indicate that the
nature of the electron-gas contribution to hindering of dislocations is more complicated. Thus, the parameters of
plastic flow localization are defined by the position of metal in the Mendeleev periodic table.