A one-dimensional theory of strain-gradient plasticity: Formulation, analysis, numerical results |
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Authors: | L Anand ME Gurtin |
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Institution: | a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA b Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA |
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Abstract: | This study develops a one-dimensional theory of strain-gradient plasticity based on: (i) a system of microstresses consistent with a microforce balance; (ii) a mechanical version of the second law that includes, via microstresses, work performed during viscoplastic flow; (iii) a constitutive theory that allows- •
- the free-energy to depend on the gradient of the plastic strain, and
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- the microstresses to depend on the gradient of the plastic strain-rate.
The constitutive equations, whose rate-dependence is of power-law form, are endowed with energetic and dissipative gradient length-scales L and l, respectively, and allow for a gradient-dependent generalization of standard internal-variable hardening. The microforce balance when augmented by the constitutive relations for the microstresses results in a nonlocal flow rule in the form of a partial differential equation for the plastic strain. Typical macroscopic boundary conditions are supplemented by nonstandard microscopic boundary conditions associated with flow, and properties of the resulting boundary-value problem are studied both analytically and numerically. The resulting solutions are shown to exhibit three distinct physical phenomena:- (i)
- standard (isotropic) internal-variable hardening;
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- energetic hardening, with concomitant back stress, associated with plastic-strain gradients and resulting in boundary layer effects;
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- dissipative strengthening associated with plastic strain-rate gradients and resulting in a size-dependent increase in yield strength.
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Keywords: | Constitutive behavior Viscoplasticity Strain-gradient plasticity Finite elements |
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