Build-up of strain defects and the energetics of plastic strain

Calculations are presented for the concentrations of strain defects in a strained crystal and from these data the values of the stored energy E are computed. The contribution of dislocations and the strain points of defects to the stored energy is evaluated as a function of the strain for monocrystals of copper. The work of the strain is determined. A comparison is made of the theoretical results with those obtained by experiment.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 12–16, April, 1984.