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Work-Hardening Under Complex Stresses

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PLANE stress yielding was induced in a duralumin plate by expanding a 12-segmented cylindrical collet. The tangential strains in the plate were measured at ten values of radius by means of single-filament Minalpha resistance wire strain gauges1. At all loads the measured strains in the unyielded portion of the plate fitted the theoretical solution exactly. The measured values in the yielded zone from the inner radius out to the yield boundary are shown for a typical loading in the figure.

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SWAINGER, K. Work-Hardening Under Complex Stresses. Nature 162, 532–533 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162532b0

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