Vulcraft Glossary

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Yield Point

First stress in a material at which an increase in strain occurs without an increase in stress as defined by ASTM.

Yield Strength

Stress at which a material exhibits a specified limiting deviation from the proportionality of stress to strain as defined by ASTM.

Yield Stress

Generic term to denote either yield point of yield strength, as appropriate for the material.