work hardening
English
Noun
work
hardening
(
uncountable
)
(
metallurgy
)
The repeated
plastic
deformation
of a material, causing a permanent
distortion
of its
crystal
structure, and an increase in its
strength
Synonyms
strain hardening
,
cold working
Translations
repeated plastic deformation of a material
Finnish:
kylmämuokkaus
(
process
)
;
muokkauslujittuminen
(
result
)
French:
écrouissage
(fr)
m
German:
Kaltumformung
f
,
Kaltumformen
f
Greek:
ενδοτράχυνση
(el)
(
endotráchynsi
)
,
εργοσκλήρυνση
(
ergosklírynsi
)
Italian:
incrudimento
(it)
m
Portuguese:
encruamento
m
Russian:
наклёп
(ru)
(
nakljóp
)
Ukrainian:
на́клеп
m
(
náklep
)