To learn about the most important things (basics and applications) about elasticity and dislocations:

1) Basic knowledge of concepts in continuum elasticity

2) Understanding of geometrical properties of dislocations

3) Connection between macroscopic materials behaviour and microstructure

Elasticity: 1) Vectors, matrices and tensors; 2) The stress and strain tensors; 3) The fourth rank tensor of elastic constants; 4) Other tensors describing physical properties of crystals

Theory of dislocations: 1) Properties dislocations: a) Continuum idealisation vs. discrete view; b) Perfect vs. imperfect dislocations; c) Curved dislocations; 2) Elastic fields of straight dislocations in linear elasticity: a) Stress fields; b) Energy of dislocations; c) Partial dislocations, stacking faults; 3) Non-linear effects: a) Peierls-Nabarro Model; b) Atomistic structure of dislocation core; 4) Dislocations in real materials: a) Dislocation sources; b) Observation, TEM principles of dislocation imaging; c) Dislocation motion, work-hardening; d) Critical thickness for dislocation-free thin epitaxial films

JF Nye: Physical properties of crystals

AH Cottrell: Dislocations and plastic flow in crystals

JP Hirth, J Lothe: Theory of dislocations

D Hull, DJ Bacon: Introduction to dislocations