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Plasticity in Metals

JUL 01, 1948

DOI: 10.1063/1.3066094

William Prager

Two groups of theories have been proposed to explain the way metals harden when they are deformed at temperatures below that in which they undergo change in their crystal structure: they are the theories of plastic deformation and theories of plastic flow.

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Volume 1, Number 3

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