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== Work on plasticity ==
He is the father of the field of plasticity, or non-recoverable deformations, which he explored in an extensive series of experiments begun in 1864.
He stated one of the first criterion of material [[failure]], that now
<math>\ \sigma_{tresca}=\sigma_1-\sigma_3 > \sigma_{max} </math>
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Tresca was made an honorary member of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] in 1882.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/honorary-member|title=Honorary Member|website=www.asme.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>
Tresca's stature as an engineer was such that [[Gustave Eiffel]] put his name on number 3 in [[The 72 names on the Eiffel Tower|his list of 72 people]] making the [[Eiffel Tower|Eiffel tower in Paris]] possible.
==See also==
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==External links ==
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* [Henri] Tresca, Appendix C: [https://books.google.com/books?id=b2Q_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA83 Note on the form which it is advisable to adopt for the metres to be constructed by the International Commission], pp 77-93, in ''Second Report of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue of the Inspection of Weights, Measures and Gas'', in ''Sessional Papers, Volume 2, Second Session of the Third Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Session 1875, Volume VIII'' (English translation of Tresca's French paper on Tresca section)
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