Plastic Deformation, Rupture Strength

The measurements performed in the experiment "Elastic deformation, Hooke's law" (C 14833) on a copper wire, which had been limited to elastic deformations at small stresses, will be extended here to larger stresses. When the yield stress is exceeded, plastic, i.e. irreversible deformation is observed. A further increase of the stress beyond the rupture strength, leads to rupture. A 40 cm long piec…