TY - JOUR AB - This paper deals with a few of the properties of metals under uniform stress distribution. Consideration is then given to nonā€uniform stress conditions, and the importance of the ductility of alloys after the limit of proportionality is passed. Particular reference is made to the light alloys used for primary aircraft structures and, finally, a tentative explanation is put forward to explain the manner in which the basic atomic structure, the metal lattice, reacts to stress conditions. VL - 25 IS - 7 SN - 0002-2667 DO - 10.1108/eb032314 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032314 AU - Giles P.C. PY - 1953 Y1 - 1953/01/01 TI - The Reaction of Metals to Force: An Examination of the Fundamentals of Resistance to Stress, with Particular Reference to the Importance of Ductility T2 - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 204 EP - 205 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -