The Bauschinger Effect in Copper

Ole Bøcker Pedersen, L .M. Brown, W. M. Stobbs

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    Abstract

    A study of the Bauschinger effect in pure copper shows that by comparison with dispersion hardened copper the effect is very small and independent of temperature. This suggests that the obstacles to flow are deformable. A simple composite model based on this principle accounts for the data semi-quantitatively and also accounts for the stored energy of cold-work. An interesting feature of the model is that it shows very clearly that, although dislocation pile-ups may exist, the flow stress of the composite is entirely due to the resistance to dislocation motion in the tangles of forest dislocations.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalActa Materialia
    Volume29
    Issue number11
    Pages (from-to)1843-1850
    ISSN1359-6454
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1981

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