An empirical analysis of titanium stress-strain curves

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C r u s s a r d and J a o u l A n a l y s i s : High P u r i t y T i t a n i u m

High p u r i t y t i t a n i u m In da/dEp - In Ep c u r v e s f o r about half the i n v e s t i g a t e d t e m p e r a t u r e s a r e shown in Fig. 1. A r e a s o n a b l e l i n e a r r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n In da/dEp and In Ep w a s o b t a i n e d at a l l t e m p e