Deformation behavior

Symbol	-
Unit	-
Attribute-ID	deformation_behaviour
Numeric ID	16659
Value Type	PMString

Specification of the deformation behavior (ductile or brittle) is used in the following calculations:

Calculation of feather keys according to DIN 6892
Calculation of splines according to FVA 591/DIN 5466

The following materials are characterized as brittle in the Materials Database:

Case-hardened materials
Nitrided materials
Cast iron with lamellar graphite

All other materials are predefined as ductile.