stretching wire -- an anecdotal analysis

[kurt baxter]

>
> If you take patented steel wire beyond its elastic
>   limit, it will neck and break, perhaps right now, perhaps tomorrow
>   but very soon.



The point when when you go from "elastic" to "plastic" is when the wire
permanently changes shape, never to return, right?

So I would say that when a string bends around the tuning pin, and
for sure when it dives into the becket, it changes it's shape for good.

If you slightly "kink" a wire, you have taken it to it's plastic point...
right?

So if a "kink" type load can take the string beyond it's elastic point *without
breaking*,
why not "stretching" type load?

Isn't there a big difference between "elastic limit" and ultimate limit?




Kurt
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