The New Theory of Plasticity, Strain Hardening, and Creep, and the Testing of the Inelastic Behavior of Metals

Abstract

Abstract The knowledge of the inelastic behavior of metals has experienced considerable growth in the last few years. To draw all the advantages possible from the experiments, frequently very difficult, an effort has been made to bring the entire development under some dominating physical ideas. These ideas are in fact very old, and deal mainly with the proper conception of the hidden elastic energy that is responsible for the statical component of the strain hardening. The analytical treatment of the inelastic behavior gives promise of being valuable not only in the testing of materials, but even for the designer of machines used in the forming of metals.