A consistent picture of the evolution of the defect structure is presented for a solid undergoing plastic deformation, when defects are multiplied and arbitrary hierarchical structures are formed. The complete problem is reduced to a description of the kinetics of the formation of a new structural level of plastic deformation, a field-theoretic description of a single defect, and a statistical description of ensembles of defects. For the first time a theoretical scheme is constructed for the processes of developed plastic deformation in which a hierarchically connected multilevel structure of defects is formed. A solid with defects is treated as a highly nonequilibrium state of a crystal subjected to an intense external action.

@article{Olemskoi:1992,
	author = {A. I. Olemskoi and I. A. Sklyar},
	title = {Evolution of the defect structure of a solid during plastic deformation},
	publisher = {Physics-Uspekhi},
	year = {1992},
	journal = {Phys. Usp.},
	volume = {35},
	number = {6},
	pages = {455-480},
	url = {https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1992/6/b/},
	doi = {10.1070/PU1992v035n06ABEH002241}
}