Classics in Materials Science

1. Eshelby on the elastic stress and strain fields of inclusions and inhomogeneities
2. Neumann-Mullins law for the growth of idealised grains in 2-Dimensions
3. Cahn-Hilliard equation and the modelling of spinodal decomposition
4. Mullins-Sekerka analysis for the stability of interfaces during growth/solidification
5. Griffith on the fracture of brittle solids
6. Simmons and Balluffi on the measurement of equilibrium vacancy concentrations in metals
7. The accurate determination of phase diagrams and the classic copper-tin diagram by Heycock and Neville
8. Bragg-Williams model for order-disorder transformations
9. Vegard’s law connecting the lattice parameters and compositions of alloys
10. Harper’s experimental confirmation of strain ageing theory of Cottrell and Bilby
11. Potts model and its relevance to modelling microstructural evolution
12. The Read-Shockley dislocation models of grain boundaries