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RHEODURCISSEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rheology
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

Macey was the first to recognize that a workable clay-water mixture is deformed even by the smallest forces and that this deformation stiffens the mixture (shear hardening).

OBS

The proliferation of terms in English reflects the variety of theories concerning this kind of hardening).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rhéologie
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Élévation du seuil de plasticité par suite d'une action mécanique antérieure. [Définition normalisée par l’AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

En cas de confusion possible avec des durcissements provenant d'autres causes, on parlera de rhéo-durcissement.

OBS

durcissement; rhéo-durcissement : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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