Another deformation mechanism is metal fatigue, which occurs primarily in ductile metals.

Slip is an important mode of deformation mechanism in crystals.

Dislocation creep is a deformation mechanism in crystalline materials.

At relatively low temperatures it is the dominant deformation mechanism in most crystalline materials.

Cataclastic flow is the main deformation mechanism accommodating large strains above the brittle-ductile transition zone.

Creep is a deformation mechanism that may or may not constitute a failure mode.

The tensile test is widely used to study deformation mechanisms.

Diffusion creep is more sensitive to temperature than other deformation mechanisms.

The values of A, Q, n and m are different for each deformation mechanism.

This is simply an effect of another deformation mechanism that becomes easier, e.g. grain boundary sliding.