Crimp terminal and electric wire with crimp terminal

An electric wire with a crimp terminal comprising:

• the electric wire including a complex stranded wire composed of:
• (i) a reinforcement wire, and
• (ii) a set of conductor element wires made of aluminum and wound on an outer periphery of the reinforcement wire, the reinforcement wire having a strength greater than strengths of the conductor element wires;
• the crimp terminal including:
• (i) a C-form crimp portion wrapped in a C-form on an outer periphery of the complex stranded wire, and deformed to crimp on the complex stranded wire, and
• (ii) a set of projections provided at a surface of the C-form crimp portion contacting the complex stranded wire, the projections each having a set of inclined sides;
• and
• a set of distorted regions formed along inclined sides of the projections in areas of a surface of the conductor element wires, by the set of projections projected therein, as the C-form crimp portion of the crimp terminal is deformed to crimp on the conductor element wires wound on the reinforcement wire, wherein the set of distorted regions are configured to stop cold flows of aluminum in the areas of surface of the conductor element wires.