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Creep and Creep Stress Relaxation

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The time-dependent increase in strain at constant stress is known as creep, whereas the decrease in stress at constant strain is known as creep stress relaxation. Both of these phenomena are very pronounced at high temperatures and can operate continuously over very long periods.

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Further Reading

  • Dorn, J.E., (ed.) Mechanical Behaviour of Materials at Elevated Temperatures (McGraw-Hill, 1961)

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  • Garofalo, F., and Bain, E.C., Fundamentals of Creep and Creep-Rupture in Metals (Collier-Macmillan, 1965)

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  • McClintock, F.A., and Argan, A.S., (eds.) Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (Addison-Wesley, 1966)

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  1. University of Zimbabwe, Salisbury, UK

    Gladius Lewis B.Sc.(Eng.), M.Sc., Ph.D., M.Inst.B.E., A.M.I.Corr.T. (Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering)

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  1. Gladius Lewis B.Sc.(Eng.), M.Sc., Ph.D., M.Inst.B.E., A.M.I.Corr.T.
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Lewis, G. (1981). Creep and Creep Stress Relaxation. In: Properties of Engineering Materials. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05837-2_7

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