Plasticity and thermal recovery of thin copper wires in torsion

Experiments in small-scale plasticity usually focus on small-sized samples. However, studying thin wires with lengths up to metres in torsion has the advantage of giving extremely high strain resolution and reversal of the loading direction. In this way, we explore the early stage of plasticity. Microstrain plastic deformation, dislocation creep and the Bauschinger effects are easily observed. The onset of irreversible deformation was observed...