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This lecture covers models for the plastic deformation of glassy and semi-crystalline polymers, including the Eyring model, influence of secondary transitions, Argon and Robertson models, comparison with experimental data, molecular dynamics simulations, yield strength in semi-crystalline polymers, Young's model based on dislocations, self-consistent models, major rearrangement of crystal structure, oriented polymers, and learning outcomes related to yielding in polymers.