Download or read book Plastic Deformation and Strain Hardening written by P.O. Kettunen and published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is based upon lectures given during a well-received course on physical metallurgy and originally intended for students specializing in fields related to metallic materials. But, as the author points out, metallic materials are the most widely investigated group of materials and their study therefore gives a good basis for understanding how other materials can be made to reveal interrelationships between their structures and properties; especially with regard to those properties associated with strain. Similar types of rule can then be applied to other materials, in spite of their apparent differences.