The self-organization of a dislocation structure in a crystal during the initial stages of plastic deformation was considered. The existence of an equidistant arrangement of slip lines, and the sequence of events in their formation, were explained by assuming a specific distribution of internal stresses, due to slip lines on the crystal surface, which introduced image-force effects.

Self-Organization of Slip Lines. V.L.Indenbom: Kristallografiya, 1995, 40[3], 430-2 (Crystallography Reports, 1995, 40[3], 390-2)