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Plasticity: Irreversible, in The Sense That The Original State Can Be Achieved Only by The Expenditure of More

The document discusses plasticity in materials. It explains that while the theory of linear elasticity can model small, reversible deformations, real materials experience some permanent deformation upon removal of load. Metals in particular will yield and undergo irreversible plastic deformation once stresses reach their yield stress. Elastic deformations are reversible and recover their initial shape, while plastic deformations dissipate energy and require more energy to return to the original state.

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Plasticity: Irreversible, in The Sense That The Original State Can Be Achieved Only by The Expenditure of More

The document discusses plasticity in materials. It explains that while the theory of linear elasticity can model small, reversible deformations, real materials experience some permanent deformation upon removal of load. Metals in particular will yield and undergo irreversible plastic deformation once stresses reach their yield stress. Elastic deformations are reversible and recover their initial shape, while plastic deformations dissipate energy and require more energy to return to the original state.

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PLASTICITY

The theory of linear elasticity is useful for modelling materials which undergo small deformations
and which return to their original configuration upon removal of load. Almost all real materials will
undergo some permanent deformation, which remains after removal of load. With metals,
significant permanent deformations will usually occur when the stress reaches some critical value,
called the yield stress, a material property. Elastic deformations are termed reversible; the energy
expended in deformation is stored as elastic strain energy and is completely recovered upon load
removal. Permanent deformations involve the dissipation of energy; such processes are termed
irreversible, in the sense that the original state can be achieved only by the expenditure of more
energy.

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