A kinetic model was proposed for slip band formation, and was used to analyze the nucleation and propagation of slip bands from the point of view of non-linear dislocation ensemble dynamics. The slip band was treated as a wave of reversal of the total dislocation density and dislocation charge. A self-similar regime of slip-band evolution was predicted, and its formation was found to be highly anisotropic in that it occurred mainly in the direction of dislocation slip.

I.L.Maksimov, G.F.Sarafanov, S.N.Nagornykh: Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 1995, 37[10], 3169-78 (Physics of the Solid State, 1995, 37[10], 1745-9)