The Effect of Plastic Prestrain on Mechanical Characteristics of Grade 45 Steel and D16T Alloy under Static and Cyclic Loading.

The paper covers an experimental study of the laws that govern the variation of yield limit and stress-relaxation limit as a function of stress amplitude and plastic strain in Grade 45 steel and D16T alloy under the conditions of preliminary static and cyclic tension including strain aging. The mechanical characteristics of these materials are shown to grow with increasing plastic strain irrespective of the loading type but decrease with increasing stress amplitude. It has been found that as a certain level of plastic strain is achieved the stress-relaxation levels in the materials become the same irrespective of the type of pre-loading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]