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Creep of Metals Subjected to Compression Stress

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THE progress of creep in metals in the case of applied tensile stress is usually divided into three stages : (1) an initial decelerating rate of creep (primary creep) ; (2) a stage of approximately constant creep-rate (secondary or steady state creep) ; (3) a final accelerating state of creep, leading to fracture (tertiary creep often ascribed in materials undergoing large deformations to increase in stress due to decreasing cross-sectional area as creep proceeds).

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    A. H. SULLY, G. N. CALE & G. WILLOUGHBY

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SULLY, A., CALE, G. & WILLOUGHBY, G. Creep of Metals Subjected to Compression Stress. Nature 162, 411–412 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162411a0

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