A class of elastic-plastic stress distributions

Similarity methods are used to find solutions to the equations governing elastic-plastic torsion of a solid of revolution. The solutions are expressed in terms of integrals of two ordinary differential equations.     

Convergence of solutions for noncanonical bodies found by the boundary-shape perturbation method

The exact solution of the problem of the torsion of a solid cylindrical shaft with an ellipsoidal cavity is expanded into a series in powers of an eccentricity parameter. At the points of the cavity where the stress concentration is maximum (minimum), the expansion coefficients for the exact and approximate solutions coincide. The approximate solution is obtained by the first version of the boundary-shape perturbation method, which is used to solve three-dimensional problems of elasticity for bodies of revolution with nearly canonical shape. Successive approximations as an iteration process are shown to converge to the exact solutions     

Maximum principles and bounds on stress concentration factors in the torsion of grooved shafts of revolution

This paper provides an analytical approach for obtaining bounds for stress concentration factors in the theory of axisymmetric torsion of circumferentially grooved shafts of revolution. The analysis is based on application of maximum principles for linear second-order elliptic partial differential equations. The particular case of a straight shaft with a semi-circular groove is considered in detail. Explicit estimates are obtained and compared with existing results for this problem.This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. ENG 75-13643 and ENG 78-26071.     

基于对数应力率大应变本构关系的参数标定研究

在所有率型弹塑性本构模型中,只有对数应力率对应的本构模型能够满足自适应准则.基于对数应力率,采用实心圆轴扭转实验,对大应变弹塑性本构模型中的参数标定问题进行了讨论.推导出了考虑Swift效应时端部自由实心圆轴扭转变形的变形率、对数旋率、Kirchhoff应力及Kirchhoff应力的对数应力率.对于等向强化大应变弹塑性本构关系,给出了由实心圆轴扭转实验标定的、基于Kirchhhoff应力对数应力率的本构关系中塑性刚度函数的表达式.分析了扭转圆轴的Swift效应对塑性刚度函数的影响.结果表明,实心圆轴扭转的轴向伸长变形和径向变形对基于对数应力率大应变本构关系中的塑性刚度函数都有影响.当不考虑Swift效应时,所得塑性刚度函数表达式与不考虑Swift效应时基于Jaumann应力率的塑性刚度函数表达式相同.     

Strain gradient elasticity and stress fibers

Since stress fibers have micro-size dimensions, their biomechanical behavior should demand mechanical models conforming with gradient strain deformation theories. In particular, the torsion and the stretching of stress fibers are discussed into the context of strain gradient elasticity theory and their size effects. It is proven for the torsion problem that the torsion moment varies with the axial length of the bar for constant twist angle, whereas for the simple tension problem, the strain is non-uniform along the stress fiber. The proposed theory is supported by experimental evidence.     

On the effects of characteristic lengths in bending and torsion on Mode III crack in couple stress elasticity

The problem of a stationary semi-infinite crack in an elastic solid with microstructures subject to remote classical K_III field is investigated in the present work. The material behavior is described by the indeterminate theory of couple stress elasticity developed by Koiter. This constitutive model includes the characteristic lengths in bending and torsion and thus it is able to account for the underlying microstructure of the material as well as for the strong size effects arising at small scales. The stress and displacement fields turn out to be strongly influenced by the ratio between the characteristic lengths. Moreover, the symmetric stress field turns out to be finite at the crack tip, whereas the skew-symmetric stress field displays a strong singularity. Ahead of the crack tip within a zone smaller than the characteristic length in torsion, the total shear stress and reduced tractions occur with the opposite sign with respect to the classical LEFM solution, due to the relative rotation of the microstructural particles currently at the crack tip. The asymptotic fields dominate within this zone, which however has limited physical relevance and becomes vanishing small for a characteristic length in torsion of zero. In this limiting case the full-field solution recovers the classical K_III field with square-root stress singularity. Outside the zone where the total shear stress is negative, the full-field solution exhibits a bounded maximum for the total shear stress ahead of the crack tip, whose magnitude can be adopted as a measure of the critical stress level for crack advancing. The corresponding fracture criterion defines a critical stress intensity factor, which increases with the characteristic length in torsion. Moreover, the occurrence of a sharp crack profile denotes that the crack becomes stiffer with respect to the classical elastic response, thus revealing that the presence of microstructures may shield the crack tip from fracture.     

Numerical and experimental study of elastoplastic tension-torsion processes in axisymmetric bodies under large deformations

We consider a numerical solution technique for generalized axisymmetric problems with torsion for elastoplastic bodies of revolution of arbitrary shape under large strains, as well as simple or complex loading, and the conditions of inhomogeneous stress-strain state. The processes of elastoplastic deformation, strain localization, and fracture of solid axisymmetric steel samples of variable thickness are studied experimentally and numerically for the cases of proportional and nonproportional kinematic torsional and/or tensile loading until failure. The mutual influence of torsion and tension on the deformation and failure under large strains is estimated.     

Some analytical solutions for Saint-Venant torsion of non-homogeneous anisotropic cylindrical bars

The Saint-Venant torsion of linearly elastic anisotropic cylindrical bars with solid and hollow cross-section is treated. The shear flexibility moduli of the non-homogeneous bar are given functions of the Prandtl's stress function of considered cylindrical bar when its material is homogeneous. The solution of the torsion problem of non-homogeneous anisotropic bar is expressed in terms of the torsion and Prandtl's stress functions of the corresponding homogeneous anisotropic bar having the same cross-section as the non-homogeneous bar.     

Properties of a half space including a twisted shaft of revolution

The properties of an elastic half space including a partly embedded twisting shaft of revolution are studied. Without knowing the exact solution of the torsion problem of a given embedded shaft, these properties can indicate some features of the displacement or stress field of the half space and can sometimes be used for checking a numerical solution. An example for checking the correct stress distribution on surfaces of twisted rigid cylindrical shaft embedded in a half space is given. This Work was Supported by the National Science Foundation of China.     

Analysis on the cohesive stress at half infinite crack tip

The nonlinear fracture behavior of quasi-brittle materials is closely related with the cohesive force distribution of fracture process zone at crack tip. Based on fracture character of quasi-brittle materials, a mechanical analysis model of half infinite crack with cohesive stress is presented. A pair of integral equations is established according to the superposition principle of crack opening displacement in solids, and the fictitious adhesive stress is unknown function . The properties of integral equations are analyzed, and the series function expression of cohesive stress is certified. By means of the data of actual crack opening displacement, two approaches to gain the cohesive stress distribution are proposed through resolving algebra equation. They are the integral transformation method for continuous displacement of actual crack opening, and the least square method for the discrete data of crack opening displacement. The calculation examples of two approaches and associated discussions are give     

Lüders bands propagation of 1045 steel under multiaxial stress state

Inhomogeneous plastic deformation of 1045 steel under monotonic loading was experimentally studied. Thin-walled tubular specimens were used in the experiments and custom-made small strain gages were bonded on the specimen surface to characterize the local deformation. Experiments were conducted under tension, torsion, and combined tension–torsion. During the propagation of Lüders bands, the local deformation experienced two-stage deformation: an abrupt plastic deformation stage followed by a slower deformation process. In some area of the gage section of the specimen, a small amount of initial plastic deformation occurred before the Lüders front reached. During the propagation of Lüders bands, multiple Lüders fronts can be formed. Under tension, torsion, and combined tension–torsion with a constant axial load, the Lüders front was approximately parallel to the material plane of maximum shear stress. When the combined axial-torsion followed a proportional fashion, the stress–extensometer strain responses were dependent on the axial/torsional loading ratio, and the Lüders fronts were oriented differently and propagated along the specimen axis at a different velocity. The local strain was inhomogeneous even at the work-hardening stage. The relationships between the equivalent stress and the equivalent plastic strain were found to be practically identical for all the loading cases studied.     

Axially symmetric thermal stress of an external circular crack under general thermal conditions

Summary The paper presents a solution for the linear thermoelastic problem of determining axisymmetric stress and displacement fields in an isotropic elastic solid of infinite extent weakened by an external circular crack under general mechanical loadings and general thermal conditions. The mechanical loadings and thermal conditions applied on the crack faces are axisymmetric, being non-symmetric about the crack plane. In similar lines of [7], equations of equilibrium of an elastic solid conducting heat have been solved using Hankel transforms and Abel operators of the first kind. Expressions for stress, displacement, temperature and heat flux functions are obtained in terms of Abel transforms of the first kind of the jumps of stress, displacement, temperature and heat flux at the crack plane. Two types of thermal conditions, that is, general surface temperatures and general heat flux on faces of the crack are considered. In both the cases, closed form solutions have been obtained for the unknown functions solving Abel type of integral equations. Explicit expressions for stresses, displacements, temperature fields, stress intensity factors have been obtained. Two special cases of thermal conditions in which: (i) crack faces are subjected to constant non-symmetric temperatures over a circular ring area, (ii) crack faces are subjected to constant non-symmetric heat flux over a circular ring area, have been considered. In some special cases, results have been compared with those from the literature.     

影响函数与有限元应力计算

用有限元法得到位移场后,总要计算应力场。通常的做法是对位移进行微商计算应变,再根据应力-应变关系计算应力。有限元位移计算的精度比较高,但通过用位移微商来计算应力,精度会大大降低。本文利用Hamilton对偶体系的已有成果,解析求解位移和应力的影响函数,利用有限元法计算得到的位移和节点力,通过功的互等定理,可以求得一点的应力值。因影响函数是分析解,而且计算应力时不必进行微商,应力精度大幅提高。数值结果表明该方法是可行的和有效的。由该方法编制成的计算程序,可作为有限元通用程序应力计算的一个模块,将较大地提高有限元应力计算的精度和稳定性。     

横观各向同性体应力波传播问题的特征分析

本文根据广义特征理论,对横观各向同性体轴对称弹性波传播问题进行了理论分析。提出了一个简化特征分析的方法,这种方法将成为应用特征线法求解各类各向异性应力波问题的一个突破口。     

Method to Calculate Bending Center and Stress Intensity Factors of Cracked Cylinder Under Saint-Venant Bending

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A finite element implementation of the stress gradient theory

In this contribution, a finite element implementation of the stress gradient theory is proposed. The implementation relies on a reformulation of the governing set of partial differential equations in terms of one primary tensor-valued field variable of third order, the so-called generalised displacement field. Whereas the volumetric part of the generalised displacement field is closely related to the classic displacement field, the deviatoric part can be interpreted in terms of micro-displacements. The associated weak formulation moreover stipulates boundary conditions in terms of the normal projection of the generalised displacement field or of the (complete) stress tensor. A detailed study of representative boundary value problems of stress gradient elasticity shows the applicability of the proposed formulation. In particular, the finite element implementation is validated based on the analytical solutions for a cylindrical bar under tension and torsion derived by means of Bessel functions. In both tension and torsion cases, a smaller is softer size effect is evidenced in striking contrast to the corresponding strain gradient elasticity solutions.

     

Two parallel penny-shaped cracks under the action of dynamic impacts

Summary The three-dimensional elastodynamic response of two parallel penny-shaped cracks embedded in an infinite elastic solid under the action of impact loading is investigated. A time-domain boundary integral equation method is used for calculating the time-dependent crack opening displacements and subsequently the dynamic stress intensity factors. Numerical computations are carried out for various geometry parameters. The results are presented in graphical form and discussed. The effect of the locations of the cracks on the dynamic stress intensity factors is presented. Received 8 May 1996; accepted for publication 25 September 1996     

Non-coaxiality of strain increment and stress directions in cross-anisotropic sand

An experimental program was carried out in a recently developed torsion shear apparatus to study the non-coaxiality of strain increment and stress directions in cross-anisotropic deposits of Fine Nevada sand. Forty-four drained torsion shear tests were performed at constant mean confining stress, σ_m, constant intermediate principal stress ratios, as indicated by b = (σ₂ − σ₃)/(σ₁ − σ₃), and constant principal stress directions, α. The experiments were performed on large hollow cylinder specimens deposited by dry pluviation and tested in an automated torsion shear apparatus. The specimens had height of 40 cm, and average diameter of 20 cm, and wall thickness of 2 cm. The stress–strain behavior of Fine Nevada sand is presented for discrete combinations of constant principal stress direction, α, and intermediate principal stress. The effects of these two variables on the non-coaxiality are presented. The experiments show that the directions of the strain increments do not in general coincide with the directions of stresses, and there is a switch from one to the other side between the two quantities.     

WEIGHT FUNCTION FOR STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS IN ROTATING THICK-WALLED CYLINDER

The equation of stress intensity factors(SIF) of internally pressurized thick- walled cylinder was used as the reference case.SIF equation of rotating thick-walled cylinder containing a radial crack along the internal bore was presented in weight function method.The weight fumction formulas were worked out and can be used for all kinds of depth of cracks,rotating speed,material,size of thick-walled cylinder to calculate the stress intensity factors.The results indicated the validity and effectiveness of these formulas.Meanwhile,the rules of the stress intensity factors in rotating thick-walled cylinder with the change of crack depths and the ratio of outer radius to inner radius were studied.The studies are valuable to engineering application.