Bauschinger effect

English

Etymology

Named after German engineer Johann Bauschinger.

Noun

Bauschinger effect (plural Bauschinger effects)

  1. The situation where a material's stress/strain characteristics change as a result of the microscopic stress distribution of the material. For example, an increase in tensile yield strength occurs at the expense of compressive yield strength.
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