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Critical Resolved Shear Stress (CRSS). Critical resolved shear stress is the component of SHEAR STRESS, resolved in the direction of slip, necessary to initiate slip in a grain. It is a constant for a given CRYSTAL.
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Critical Resolved Shear Stress (CRSS) Critical resolved shear stress is the component of SHEAR STRESS, resolved in the direction of slip, necessary to initiate slip in a grain. It is a constant for a given CRYSTAL. Tests have been conducted on single crystals of metals to measure the shear stress required to initiate plastic deformation, or cause atomic planes to slip. Since this is a threshold value, it is referred to as critical; and since it is a component of the applied force or stress, it is said to be resolved; that is, the critical resolved shear stress.
Resolved shear stress is given by ζ = σ cos Φ cos λ where σ is the magnitude of the applied tensile stress, Φ is the angle between the slip plane direction and the direction of the applied force and λ is the angle between the normal of the slip plane and the direction of the applied force.
Critical Resolved Shear Stress (CRSS): • - minimum stress to initiate slip, or stress required to initiate slip on a given slip plane and in a given direction [most favorably oriented slip system].