A New Stored Energy Model Based on Plastic Work of Back Stress during Cyclic Loading in Polycrystalline Metal

Haifeng Xu1, Xiaopeng Li1, Wei Li1

  • 1College of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China.

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