Manifestation of inelasticity in metals during slight deformation
Bilenko I. A. , Mitrofanov V. P. , Okhrimenko O. A.
Experiments on the static deformation of metal samples reveal an inelastic behavior at stresses well below the yield point, at the level of the resolution in terms of the strain, Аб~ 10~9. An inelastic strain of a relaxation nature arises in samples subjected to a prior plastic deformation, while it disappears upon annealing.