Lavrent'yev V. Elastic and Inelastic Effects in Metal Systems Far from Equilibrium

The dissertation is devoted to the identification of general experimental approaches to reversible and irreversible phenomena in metal systems that are far from stable thermodynamic equilibrium. As basic objects to be studied such materials are far from dynamic equilibrium (MFE) were chosen as fibrous composites, amorphous metal alloys and metals irradiated by ion and electron beams. The problem is solved using the internal friction technique permitting the material structure stabilization phenomena to be studied in dynamics. The nonequilibrium structure formed in the irradiated metals was also studied involving traditional physical techniques. The approach adopted provided experimental data that shed light on the structure of present-day MFE with a variety of applications. The results obtained can be useful in the development of structural and functional materials for aircraft, ship building and machine building industry, transportation and medicine.