Theory of Dislocations [Hardcover]

John Price Hirth (Author), Jens Lothe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 1982 | ISBN-10: 0471091251 | ISBN-13: 978-0471091257 | Edition: 2nd

A basic text on defects in materials, emphasizing the fundamentals of dislocations and their applications to understanding physical phenomena. The new edition discusses recent discoveries in dislocation theory and includes new material on displacement fields of dislocations, atomic calculations, advanced anisotropic elastic theory, equations for the stress fields of loops, and grain boundary dislocations. Includes extensive treatment of the mathematics of dislocations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 857 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd edition (May 11, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471091251
• ISBN-13: 978-0471091257
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,230,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the classic texts on "The Concept of a Dislocation", July 30, 2000

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mupmanyu (Oak Ridge, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Theory of Dislocations (Hardcover)

This classic text is a complete treatise on the concept of dislocations and their interactions with various other defects in crystalline materials. The dislocation concept is built up using basic theory of linear elasticity (Part 1 of the text). Hence, this book is ideal for someone with an elaborate background in Mechanics/Elasticity and looking to extend their backgroud in Crystal Plasticity from a Materials Science perspective. Parts 2-4 of the book will be of particular interest, as they deal with substantial Materials Science issues important at the atomic/meso-scale level.

For a Materials Scientist, while Part I might prove to be a challenge, as the references might not be as helpful as one might like (the authors do confess to not being exhaustive in their literature survey), Part 2-4 would be particularly useful in developing a basic intuition in the various dislocation-based phenomena important for understanding the various structure-property relationships that exist in crystalline materials.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dislocation Theory Bible, June 15, 2008

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Ulfilas (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Theory of Dislocations (Hardcover)

I first read this book as a graduate student in Materials Science. It was the assigned textbook for a graduate level course in dislocation theory. As a materials scientist working the the field of extended defects, I am not aware of any book that has the depth and breadth of Hirth and Lothe. This book is heavily mathematical, however, and not for the casual reader. Those who have benefited from an advanced undergraduate or graduate course in electricity and magnetism will find the stress and strain fields of dislocation lines similar to electric and magnetic fields. A number of different crystal lattices are addressed in this book, including the diamond cubic lattice that is essential to those of us studying semiconducting materials. This book also provides a good introduction to linear elasticity theory.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!! Fundamental and beyond, June 9, 2004

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"hulk93" (Dublin, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Theory of Dislocations (Hardcover)

It is very good for Graduate student working in the area of any kind of deformation behavior of materials. This book is very helpful for understanding from fundamental concepts to dislocations and the related phenomena.