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In this article we will discuss about the plastic deformation of metals with its diagram. Referring to Fig. 6.2 the deformation of the specimen is elastic up to the yield point (or elastic limit) and it becomes plastic, i.e. the linear elastic region is followed by a nonlinear plastic region. Although yield strength is an important design parameter for machine [...]

Plastic deformation occurs by the following modes: 1. Slip 2. Twinning 3. Kink. Mode # 1. Slip: The surface of a crystalline solid which has been polished, Fig. 6.14 (a) and then plastically deformed, generally gets covered with one or, more sets of parallel lines, Fig. 6.14 (c). At high magnifications, these 'slip lines' are found to be steps on [...]