Abstract
A SUMMER school and conference on the mechanical properties of metals was held at the University of Bristol during July 2–9. At the summer school (July 2–5) a course of lectures was given by Prof. N. F. Mott, Mr. F. R. N. Nabarro and some of their colleagues on the theory of the subject, especially on dislocations, plastic flow and precipitation. During the conference., papers mainly on experimental topics were given by physicists from various countries, including Meijering (oxidation hardening), Weil (ordered state in alloys), Druyvesteyn (mechanical properties at low temperatures), Andrade, Orowan, Chalmers, Cottrell (creep), Shockley (slip planes in silver halides), Lacombe (crystal boundaries), W. G. Burgers (recovery and recrystallization), Crussard (diffusion studied by thermo-electric methods), Guinier (precipitation), Snoek (elastic after-effects in iron), Guillet (internal friction), McKee and Leadbeater (powders).
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MOTT, N. Mechanical Properties of Metals: Conference at Bristol. Nature 160, 696–698 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160696a0
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