noun

• The value of stress at a yield point or at the yield strength.

  ‘If the decrease occurs at a constant yield stress then the fracture stress and fracture mode will vary.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘It is important to appreciate that equations cannot be used to predict the lower yield stress unless the resultant grain size is known.’
  • ‘Since materials plastically deform as the yield stress is exceeded, a plastic zone will form near the crack tip.’
  • ‘As the material strain-hardens, the yield stress increases.’
  • ‘In these alloys, yield stress have been shown to have only a weak dependence on grain size.’