...-brittle transition The mechanical behavior of tiny metallic bodies has long been known to be subject to size effects ( 1 ). For example, the yield stress of crystalline whiskers may exceed the yield stress of large crystals of the same material by a factor of 10 or more ( 2 ). With the development...

...–Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5070, and will be accepted until four months after final publication of the paper itself in the ASME JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS . adhesion joining processes ductile-brittle transition crack-edge stress field analysis crack detection brittle fracture...