plastic flow

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

A permanent change in the dimensions or shape of a body produced by stress greater than the elastic limit of the material, remaining rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity. The molecular bonds in a material that exhibits plastic behavior reform after being stressed beyond the elastic limit. The material thus retains a measure of reserve strength. (Ching, 1995)

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