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Plastic Deformation

· For a "space" with the principal stress values defining the axes, the yield surface will form a prism about the hydrostatic line for which line: σ1 = σ2 = σ3 .
· All stress states inside the prism are unable to cause yield.
· All stress states on the prism surface have: τres = τcr, and are at the yield condition.
· Outside the prism, τres > τcr , and all stress states can cause plastic deformation.
· How is a value for τcr to be estimated?

From: Wyatt and Dew-Hughes,
"Metals, Ceramics, and Polymers,"
Cambridge (1974)