General stress-strain relations in non-linear theory of viscoelasticity for large deformations

Conclusion General phenomenoligical stress-strain relations in non-linear theory of visco-elasticity for large deformations have been presented.In the first place, according to V. V. Novozhilov 1 we express the generalized equilibrium equation for large deformations in the Lagrange representation, and we apply the generalized Hamilton's principle to the equation of energy conservation, which denotes that the sum of the elastic energy and the dissipative energy is equal to the work done by the body force and the surface on the substance; so that we obtain the required general stress-strain relations in comparison with the above two equations.On the condition that the elastic potential is a function only of the strain, and the dissipation function is a function of the rate of strain and of strain; such a substance is reduced to the Voigt material necessarily, and the stresses which act on the substance are given by the sum of elastic- and viscous stresses, and the stress-strain relations are reduced to the so-called Lagrangian form.If elongations, shears and angles of rotation are small and also the strains and rates of strain are sufficiently small, the stress-strain relations are expressed by a linear Voigt model constituting a Hookian spring in parallel with a Newtonian dashpot.Non-linearity in the theory is classified into two groups i. e. the geometrical non-linearity and the physical non-linearity. The former is introduced into the theory through the definition of the generalized strain and of the generalized stress and through the equilibrium equation for large deformation, and the latter through the general stress-strain relations.The main result of this paper is that the general stress-strain relations in viscoelasticity are deduced necessarily from the physically appropriate assumptions.     

显式方法精确模拟形状记忆聚合物热力学行为

通过构建一个热耦合的多轴可压缩应变能函数,得到应力-应变、应力-温度和应变-温度之间的函数关系,建立形状记忆聚合物的本构方程.本文引入三个基于对数应变的不变量使得模型（i）可以模拟可压缩情况;（ii）适用于单轴拉伸和等双轴拉伸至少两个基准实验;（iii）多轴有效.通过显式方法（i）给出自由能和熵的具体表达,证明模型热力学定律;（ii）给出应变-应力,温度-应力以及,温度-应变的形函数具体表达.多轴模型在特定的情况下可以自动退化到各自的单轴情况. 通过调节形函数的参数,最终得到的模型结果和实验结果能够精确匹配.新方法建立的本构模型得到的结果能更加准确地指导形状记忆聚合物的工程设计。     

Anisotropic Hyperelasticity Based Upon General Strain Measures

This paper presents stress-strain constitutive equations for anisotropic elastic materials. A special attention is given to the logarithmic strain. Assuming a constitutive equation for the specific internal energy the equation governing the Cauchy stress is derived. Mathematical relations presented take a relatively simple form and concern a very wide class of elastic materials. The dependence of third-order elastic constants on the choice of strain measure is shown. The third-order elastic constants measured experimentally in relation to the Green strain are recalculated here for the logarithmic strain. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

显式方法精确模拟形状记忆聚合物热力学行为

通过构建一个热耦合的多轴可压缩应变能函数，得到应力-应变、应力-温度和应变-温度之间的函数关系，建立形状记忆聚合物的本构方程.本文引入三个基于对数应变的不变量使得模型（i）可以模拟可压缩情况；（ii）适用于单轴拉伸和等双轴拉伸至少两个基准实验；（iii）多轴有效.通过显式方法（i）给出自由能和熵的具体表达，证明模型热力学定律；（ii）给出应变-应力，温度-应力以及，温度-应变的形函数具体表达.多轴模型在特定的情况下可以自动退化到各自的单轴情况. 通过调节形函数的参数，最终得到的模型结果和实验结果能够精确匹配.新方法建立的本构模型得到的结果能更加准确地指导形状记忆聚合物的工程设计。     

Problems in determining the elastic strain energy function for rubber

Lightly crosslinked natural rubber can be stretched by 600% or more, and recovers almost completely. It is often regarded as a model highly elastic material and characterized by a strain energy function to describe its stress-strain behavior under various types of deformation. A number of such functions have been proposed; some of them appear in current finite element programs. They are usually validated by comparison with measured stress-strain relations by Treloar [7] [L.R.G. Treloar, Stress-strain data for vulcanized rubber under various types of deformation, Trans. Faraday Soc. 40 (1944) 59-70] and Jones and Treloar [15] [D.F. Jones, L.R.G. Treloar, The properties of rubber in pure homogeneous strain, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 8 (1975) 1285-1304]. But Treloar pointed out that the relations at high strains became markedly irreversible, and he did not assign a strain energy function for strains greater than about 300%. Rivlin's universal relation between torsional stiffness and tensile stress [14] [R.S. Rivlin, Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials. Part V1: further results in the theory of torsion, shear and flexure, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. A 243 (1949) 251-288] is applied here to show that a typical elastic solid cannot be described by any strain energy function at strains greater than about 300%. Elastic strain energy functions for higher strains, or for other rubbery materials, are thus of doubtful value unless evidence for reversibility of stress-strain relations is adduced or the applicability of a strain energy function is demonstrated.     

A generic stress-strain model for metallic materials with two-stage strain hardening behaviour

Constitutive equations are often used to describe the stress-strain behaviour of metallic materials. This allows the execution of parametric studies for various purposes. Despite the large number of developed stress-strain equations, all frequently applied ones fail to accurately describe a strain hardening behaviour in two distinct stages, which many metallic materials tend to show. For this purpose, the authors developed a new stress-strain model, based on the well-known Ramberg-Osgood equation, which focuses on this two-stage strain hardening behaviour. This article describes the model and its analytical background, along with a graphical method to derive suited model parameters. To validate the proposed methodology, it is applied on stress-strain curves of two high-strength steels, an aluminium alloy and a duplex stainless-steel alloy. Whereas a good correspondence for the stainless-steel alloy is confined to limited plastic strains, excellent agreements are observed for the steels and the aluminium alloy. Following the proposed method, it was possible to obtain model parameter values that give a good correspondence within a detectable strain range.     

岩石非弹性特性的内时理论模型

针对岩石的非弹性特性,将内时理论引入到岩石特性的研究中来。首先对内时理论的方程作了简要推导和说明。将核函数作四阶的Prony展开,将积分方程用一组微分方程来代替,最后得出可以进行数值运算的内时方程。在MTS压机上进行了砂岩、花岗岩等不同岩石样品的多种循环加卸载实验,得到一系列应力—应变曲线。根据滞回曲线的拐点,用最小二乘拟合法来具体确定内时方程中的有关参数。将理论产生的各种滞回曲线与实验滞回曲线作比较,可以看出在滞回曲线和残余应变这二个岩石非弹性特性最明显的标志上,非常一致。说明在中等应变强度时,利用内时理论可以对岩石非弹性特性作很好的研究。与塑性理论比较,可以免去确定屈服面的困难。最后对岩石滞回特性的微观机制用P-M模型作了简要讨论和分析。     

BIAXIAL LOADING OF NEO-CLASSICAL LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS:CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS AND SOFT BEHAVIOR

The thermo-order-mechanical behaviors of liquid crystal elastomers(LCEs) under biaxial loading are studied in this paper.Inverse method for nonlinear elastic problems is utilized by imposing biaxial stretching to thin rectangular samples.Neo-classical elastic energy is used together with the Landau-de Gennes nematic free energy.Under plane stress assumptions,the constitutive equations are derived.Due to the possible reorientations of the liquid crystal molecules induced by the imposed biaxial loading,the in-plane nonlinear stress-strain relations can have different expressions depending on which loading axis will have the largest effective principal strain.And the free energy is a multi-well non-convex potential function.As shown by some typical loading paths,the LCE samples will exhibit an anisotropic nonlinear elastic behavior,as long as the loading has not induced a reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules.When this did occur,jumps of stresses could take place for dead loadings due to the losing of stability.     

Stress-strain data obtained at high rates using an expanding ring

Dynamic uniaxial tensile stress-strain data are obtained at high strain rates by measuring the kinematics of thin-ring specimens expanding symmetrically by virtue of their own inertia. Impulsively loaded to produce high initial radial velocities, expanding rings are decelerated by the radial component of the hoop stresses. Differential equations of motion are evaluated experimentally to obtain the stress-strain (constitutive) relationships which govern the magnitude of these stresses. Techniques have been developed for producing symmetric radial expansion and measuring resulting displacements precisely as a function of time. Dynamic stress-strain relationships have been obtained for 6061-T6 aluminum, 1020 cold-drawn steel, and 6Al-4V titanium. For each of these materials, displacement-time curves are observed to be parabolic within the resolution of the measurements. Results are presented as true-stress/true-strain relationships.     

An improved Jones-Nelson nonlinear material model and rubber composite lamina analysis

A Jones-Nelson model has been applied to depict nonlinear stress-strain relations of composite laminae, where mechanical properties were expressed by strain energy density. The nonlinear material matrix is only a function of the strain energy density. Then a material model could be conveniently applied under complex stress condition. In this paper, by introducing large displacement stress-strain measurement and varying-Poisson's ratio idea, an improved Jones-Nelson material model is presented, where the expanding problem of material properties and convergence problems are overcome. Meanwhile a discuss of the reorientation of fiber and a material nonlinear analysis of rubber composite lamina under super large deformation conditions are made. The prediction results of improved material model are in fairly good agreement with those of the experiments.     

On the plastic buckling of curved carbon nanotubes

This research, for the first time, predicts theoretically static stability response of a curved carbon nanotube(CCNT) under an elastoplastic behavior with several boundary conditions. The CCNT is exposed to axial compressive loads. The equilibrium equations are extracted regarding the Euler–Bernoulli displacement field by means of the principle of minimizing total potential energy.The elastoplastic stress-strain is concerned with Ramberg–Osgood law on the basis of deformation and flow theories of plasticity. To seize the nano-mechanical behavior of the CCNT, the nonlocal strain gradient elasticity theory is taken into account. The obtained differential equations are solved using the Rayleigh–Ritz method based on a new admissible shape function which is able to analyze stability problems. To authorize the solution, some comparisons are illustrated which show a very good agreement with the published works. Conclusively, the best findings confirm that a plastic analysis is crucial in predicting the mechanical strength of CCNTs.     

Dynamics of deformation of an elastic medium with initial stresses

The constitutive equations of motion of an elastic medium with given initial stresses are formulated in the form of a hyperbolic system of first order differential equations. Equations describing the propagation of small perturbations in a prestressed isotropic medium with an arbitrary dependence of the elastic strain energy on the strain tensor are derived, and equations for the quadratic dependence of elastic strain energy on the strain tensor are given.     

改进的Jones—Nelson物理非线性材料模型与橡胶复合材料层板分析

Ｊｏｎｅｓ－Ｎｅｌｓｏｎ模型是复合材料物理非线性应力应变关系的一种描述方法，它通过建立材料刚度与应变能密度的关系以及考虑纤维增强复合材料的物理非线性问题，非线性的材料矩阵只为应变能的子数，使得材料模型可以方便地应用地复杂应力状态下，通过 在大变形的应变应力变量和变泊松比概念，对Ｊｏｎｅｓ－Ｎｅｌｓｏｎ模型进行了改进，解决了材料特性的扩展问题和收敛问题，同时考虑了大变形中纤维铺设角度的重新取向，使其     

On the incremental equations in non-linear elasticity — I. Membrane theory

A new formulation of the equations of membrane theory in non-linear elasticity is described. It is based on the consistent use of certain conjugate variables averaged through the (undeformed) thickness of the thin shell which the membrane approximates. The deformation gradient is taken as the basic measure of deformation, and its average value as the membrane measure of deformation. It is shown that the average elastic strain energy can be regarded as a function of the average deformation gradient to within an error which is of the second order in a certain small parameter. Moreover, to the same order, the average strain energy is a potential function for the average nominal stress. This means that the averages of the conjugate variables (nominal stress and deformation gradient) are also conjugate.In terms of the average conjugate variables, the membrane equilibrium equations are obtained by averaging from the equilibrium equations of the full three-dimensional theory. Discussion of the order of magnitude of the errors involved in the membrane approximation is a feature of the analysis.The corresponding incremental equations are also derived as a prelude to their application in certain bifurcation problems. One such problem is examined in the companion paper (Part II) in which results for thick shells and membranes are compared.     

导弹适配器受压及弹射时摩擦力研究

针对导弹适配器的结构特征,分别建立了可压缩橡胶泡沫和不可压橡胶圆筒轴对称平面应变问题有限变形的平衡方程,基于Blatz-Ko应变能函数和三次缩减多项式应变能函数,得到了相应的位移和应力模式;在此基础上求解了适配器受压问题的非线性方程组和导弹发射时适配器所受到的摩擦力.算例分析与有限元数值模拟比较表明:解析解与数值解非常吻合,径向应力在发射筒内外表面误差最大为0.558%,周向应力在粘合面误差最大为0.246%,导弹发射时的最大量纲为一的摩擦力为1.0228.适配器径向应力在材料粘合交界面上最小,在适配器外表面最大,均为压应力;橡胶泡沫和不可压橡胶的周向应力均为压应力,橡胶泡沫的周向应力由内向外变大,不可压橡胶的周向应力由内向外变小.橡胶泡沫的径向受压大于周向受压,不可压橡胶的周向受压大于径向受压.研究不同过盈量对应力和摩擦力的影响表明:过盈量每增加0.0013,橡胶泡沫 层和不可压橡胶层的径向应力约增加0.13,不可压橡胶层的周向应力约增加2.14,而摩擦力约增加0.22.过盈量对不可压橡胶层的周向应力和导弹所受到的摩擦力影响非常大,对橡胶泡沫的径向应力有一定的影响,周向应力变化很小.     

Shape memory behaviour: modelling within continuum thermomechanics

A phenomenological material model to represent the multiaxial material behaviour of shape memory alloys is proposed. The material model is able to represent the main effects of shape memory alloys: the one-way shape memory effect, the two-way shape memory effect due to external loads, the pseudoelastic and pseudoplastic behaviour as well as the transition range between pseudoelasticity and pseudoplasticity.The material model is based on a free energy function and evolution equations for internal variables. By means of the free energy function, the energy storage during thermomechanical processes is described. Evolution equations for internal variables, e.g. the inelastic strain tensor or the fraction of martensite are formulated to represent the dissipative material behaviour. In order to distinguish between different deformation mechanisms, case distinctions are introduced into the evolution equations. Thermomechanical consistency is ensured in the sense that the constitutive model satisfies the Clausius–Duhem inequality.Finally, some numerical solutions of the constitutive equations for isothermal and non-isothermal strain and stress processes demonstrate that the various phenomena of the material behaviour are well represented. This applies for uniaxial processes and for non-proportional loadings as well.     

Conewise linear elastic materials

Conewise linear elastic (CLE) materials are proposed as the proper generalization to two and three dimensions of one-dimensionalbimodular models. The basic elements of classical smooth elasticity are extended tononsmooth (or piecewise smooth) elasticity. Firstly, a necessary and sufficient condition for a stress-strain law to becontinous across the interface of the tension and compression subdomains is established. Secondly, a sufficient condition for the strain energy function to be strictlyconvex is derived. Thirdly, the representations of the energy function, stress-strain law and elasticity tensor are obtained fororthotropic, transverse isotropic andisotropic CLE materials. Finally, the previous results are specialized to apiecewise linear stress-strain law and it is found out that the pieces must be polyhedral convex cones, thus the CLE name.     

一种孔隙介质力学模型及在水泥基材料的应用

基于细观力学和断裂力学的基本理论提出一个新的分析模型, 对孔隙介质的力学性能进行了分析. 依据孔隙介质内部孔隙的几何描述和状态参数,如孔隙率、形状、尺度及分布等,通过等效夹杂理论获得孔隙介质的等效本构方程,其最终变量为应力、应变和孔隙的形态参数. 根据断裂理论中材料承受载荷作用下破坏增长过程中的能量守恒,对孔隙介质变形过程中机械能、弹性应变能和载荷提供的势能进行分析, 根据能量守恒定律建立能量守恒方程,其最终变量也为应力、应变和孔隙的形态参数. 根据等效本构方程和能量守恒方程,获得孔隙介质承受载荷作用下的应力应变关系. 最后将该力学模型应用于水泥基材料,计算水泥基材料的力学性能并与文献中的结果进行对比分析,结果显示模型的计算结果准确有效.      

Torsional damage of concrete beams with softening behaviour

Analysed in this paper is the torsional damage of concrete beam with softening behaviour. Change in the local stiffness and dissipated strain energy density are determined as the torsional load or rotation is increased. The idealized stress-strain curve is bilinear with a positive and negative slope. Use is made of the equations of elasticity for torsion and isoparameric mapping with finite difference. Numerical results are obtained for the pure torsion of a rectangular beam and combined torsion/compression of an I-beam. Determined are the critical torques which tend to agree well with the test data.     

显式模拟类橡胶材料Mullins效应滞回圈

通过显式、直接的方法提出一个多轴可压缩应变能函数,用来模拟类橡胶材料在加载——卸载作用下,由于Mullins效应而产生的应力——应变滞回圈. 本文的创新点在于将表征能量耗散的变量引入到应变能函数.新的弹性势具有以下两个特点:第一,在加载情况下,新引入的变量不会对弹性势产生任何影响,因此,只要给出合适的形函数显式表达,3个基准实验,包括单轴拉伸和压缩,等双轴拉伸和压缩,以及平面应变,都可精确模拟;第二,新引入的变量在卸载情况下将被激活.在不同的卸载应力下,变量将发生改变,从而影响弹性势,使其最终产生不同的应力——应变关系卸载曲线,与对应的加载曲线共同构成应力——应变滞回圈.通过对Mullins效应实验数据进行分析和研究,得出了卸载形函数在不同卸载应力下变化的规律,并预测不同卸载应力下的应力——应变关系.最后,我们将得到精确匹配实验数据的数值模拟结果,从而证明本文方法不仅可以精确匹配至少3个基准实验,还可以模拟和预测类橡胶材料在加载——卸载作用下由于Mullins效应而产生的滞回圈.