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The complete stress-strain curve in uniaxial compression 87

-_

__ Residual
strength

= Young’s modulus
b

do

Zero at peak strength

b
E

-Negative in
post-peak region

Reducing secant modulus


illustrated in figure 6.4
Secant
modulus

&

Figure 6.3 Variation in the tangent and secant moduli throughout the complete
stress-strain curve.

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