Strain Hardening of Single Crystals | Metal Deformation | Metallurgy
When a single crystal is continued to be deformed in the plastic range beyond the yield point, the shear stress required to produce further deformation continues to increase. The increase in the stress required to continue the deformation because of the previous plastic deformation is called as strain-hardening, or work-hardening. As the dislocation density also increases simultaneously with strain (dislocation [...]