Yield Surface — Lesson 2

When you try to bend a metal spoon, initially you might find it's a bit hard, but once it starts to deform, the resistance is reduced. Why is that?

A metal material yields after a certain amount of deformation. The yield point/surface is the threshold of plasticity. It's an abstract concept that we need to define in simulating metal plasticity.

Lecture

In this lesson, we discuss the definition of yield point/surface.

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Handout

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