Nonlinear creep and ductile creep rupture of perfectly elastoplastic rods under tension

The paper is concerned with the problem of predicting nonlinear creep strains and time to ductile rupture of prismatic rods under constant tension. The material of the rod is assumed isotropic, homogeneous, and perfectly plastic. The problem is solved using models that take into account the change in the geometry of the rod during creep, the finiteness of the creep strains, and the effect of the initial and actual elastic strains. The conditions whereby the characteristic dimension of the rod tends to infinity and the accumulated and real strains in the viscous flow are limited are used as a failure criterion. The calculated results are compared with experimental data for a number of steels and alloys to formulate the conditions for the ductile rupture and embrittlement of metallic materials under uniaxial creep __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 120–133, April 2008.     

Influence of breadth in bars with reinforced circular holes under tension

This paper reports stress distributions in epoxy-resin bars with reinforced circular holes under tension. The holes were reinforced by bonding aluminum rings to the bars inside the holes. The stress distributions were determined photoelastically. Various proportions of circular reinforcements and different widths of bars were investigated under pure tension. Stress distributions were determined in the epoxy-resin part of the bar, and the maximum shear stresses were given special attention. The relation between maximum shear stress and the width of the bar was determined, and the ranges for which the theoretical solution for an infinite bar approximates that for a finite bar were defined.     

Evaluating the time to ductile fracture under creep conditions

S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 30, No. 11, pp. 75–84, November, 1994.     

Photovisco-elastoplastic behavior of polycarbonate material under creep and tension tests

Polymers are widely used as photomechanical models of a prototype material (often a metal). Photoplasticity is one of the methods used in order to show the behavior of plastic materials stressed beyond the linear elastic limit. To illustrate this process we have analyzed the photovisco-elastoplastic behavior of polycarbonate as a photoplastic material. In this paper a technique for local and simultaneous measurement of birefringence and principal strains is presented. The mechanical and optical properties, at room temperature, have been evaluated by means of uniaxial tension tests. A series of creep tests has been carried out in order to study the photovisco-elastoplastic behavior of polycarbonate. In two different experiments we analyzed nonlinear birefringence and the amplitude of the corresponding strains. We could thus evaluate the distribution of strains and the distribution of uniaxial stress for each birefringence state and vice versa.     

Influence of the cross-sectional shape of tensile bars on their creep rupture strength in a corrosive medium

The creep rupture strength of tensile bars in a corrosive medium is studied. The time to failure of the bars is analyzed as a function of their cross-sectional shape. It is shown that the influence of the corrosive medium on the creep rupture strength of the bars is determined by the diffusion of its elements into the bar material, resulting in a decrease in its creep rupture strength. The diffusion of the corrosive medium into a bar is studied using an approximate method for solving the diffusion equation taking into account the motion of the diffusion front. Bars with different cross-sectional shapes are considered using Rabotnov kinetic theory. It is shown that at the same tensile stress, the bar with a circular cross-section has minimum time to failure.     

Failure in notched tension bars due to high-temperature creep: Interaction between nucleation controlled cavity growth and continuum cavity growth

For axi-symmetrically notched tension bars [Dyson, B.F., Loveday, M.S., 1981, Creep Fracture in Nimonic 80A under Tri-axial Tensile Stressing, In: Ponter A.R.S., Hayhurst, D.R. (Eds.), Creep in Structures, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 406–421] show two types of damage propagation are shown: for low stress, failure propagates from the outside notch surface to the centre-line; and for high stress, failure propagates from the centre-line to the outside notch surface. The objectives of the paper are to: identify the physics of the processes controlling global failure modes; and, describe the global behaviour using physics-based constitutive equations.Two sets of constitutive equations are used to model the softening which takes place in tertiary creep of Nimonic 80A at 750 °C. Softening by multiplication of mobile dislocations is firstly combined, for low stress, with softening due to nucleation controlled creep constrained cavity growth; and secondly combined, for high stress, with softening due to continuum void growth. The Continuum Damage Mechanics, CDM, Finite Element Solver DAMAGE XX has been used to study notch creep fracture. Low stress notch behaviour is accurately predicted provided that the constitutive equations take account of the effect of stress level on creep ductility. High stress notch behaviour is accurately predicted from a normalized inverse cavity spacing d/2? = 6, and an initial normalized cavity radius r_hi/? = 3.16 × 10^?3, where 2? is the cavity spacing, and d is the grain size; however, the constants in the strain rate equation required recalibration against high stress notch data. A void nucleation mechanism is postulated for high stress behaviour which involves decohesion where slip bands intersect second phase grain boundary particles. Both equation sets accurately predict experimentally observed global failure modes.     

Effects of superimposed hydrostatic pressure on fracture in round bars under tension

The effect of superimposed hydrostatic pressure on fracture in round bars under tension is studied numerically using the finite element method based on the Gurson damage model. It is demonstrated that while the superimposed hydrostatic pressure has no noticeable effect on necking, it increases the fracture strain due to the fact that a superimposed pressure delays or completely eliminates the nucleation, growth and coalescence of microvoids or microcracks. The experimentally observed transition of the fracture surface, from the cup-cone mode under atmospheric pressure to a slant structure under high pressure, is numerically reproduced. It is numerically proved that the superimposed hydrostatic pressure has no effect on necking for a damage-free round bar under tension.     

Analysis of the influence of aggressive environment on creep and creep rupture of rod under pure bending

Summary A method for modelling the influence of an aggressive environment on creep and creep rupture is suggested. This method is based on the introduction of a notion of structural elements and postulating elementary creep properties of these elements. The equations of behavior of a specimen as a whole are based on the behavior of the elements.A probabilistic approach is used for the analysis of creep and creep rupture of solids. Pure bending of a long thin rod in an aggressive environment is studied. It is supposed that the fracture of structural elements takes place only under tensional stresses. A system of integral-differential equations is derived; this system characterizes the process of damage accumulation and change of stress-strain state at times,which is caused by rod bending. It is demonstrated that rupture of any structural element in a tension area causes stress redistribution. This redistribution leads to a motion of the neutral lines at which stresses and strains equal zero. The numerical investigation of a derived system of equations is developed.This work has been partially supported by the Russian Foundation of Fundamental Researches (Grant No. 02-01-00289) and INTAS (Grant No. 03-51-6046).     

Construction of constitutive equations of creep in orthotropic materials with different properties under tension and compression

Constitutive equations of steady creep are proposed for structural aluminum alloys that possess significant anisotropy at elevated temperatures in addition to different resistances to tension and compression.     

Initiation and growth of wrinkling due to nonuniform tension in sheet metal forming

An experimental investigation was conducted on the initiation and growth of wrinkling due to nonuniform tension using the Yoshida buckling test. The initiation of wrinkling was detected by strain gages mounted on both surfaces of the samples in the loading and transverse directions. The bifurcation of aluminum auto body sheets appeared to be smooth and much less abrupt than that observed in a steel sheet. A special fixture was designed to, perhaps for the first time, continuously measure the in situ growth of the buckle heights so that the rates of buckle growth were monitored as functions of strain and stress in the loading direction. In contrast to what is commonly believed, it was found that the buckle height is not predominantly determined by the material yield strength, and lower averager value does not increase the rate of buckle growth. Crystallographic texture components and pole figures of the test materials were also measured, and the relationship of plastic anisotropy with wrinkling behavior was investigated by experiments with specimens aligned in the rolling direction, the transverse direction and 45-deg to the rolling direction of the sheet materials.     

变厚度圆柱壳的强度优化设计

对在任意轴对称分布荷载作用下体积保持常数的变厚度圆柱壳的强度优化设计问题进行了研究。当中面形状固定时 ,采用阶梯折算法 ,用传递矩阵导出了变厚度圆柱壳的初参数解的显式表达式。根据Huber-Mises-Hencky强度准则 ,将变厚度圆柱壳的强度优化转化为极小化当量应力的非线性规划问题 ,并采用投影梯度法建立了问题的优化方法。文中对几个典型问题进行了计算。与等厚度圆柱壳相比较 ,优化圆柱壳的最大当量应力得到了显著降低。本文的研究方法和结果可以用于指导大型圆柱壳体的加肋设计     

高导无氧铜杆的冲击拉伸断裂系列实验以及基于样本体积单元的分析

采用Hopkinson装置和一种基于一级气体炮的高速冲击拉伸断裂装置,研究了无刻槽高导无氧铜 (OFHC)杆在一系列冲击拉伸速度下的断裂。当冲击拉伸速度大于40m/s时,断裂位置总在冲击拉伸端附 近,此速度被确定为OFHC的实验临界冲击拉伸速度。一种受单轴冲击拉伸荷载的、中心含椭球空穴的样本 体积单元被用于数值模拟所含空穴的增长与失稳的过程。OFHC的J-C与Z-A 本构关系用于描述基体材料 的动态响应。讨论了空穴失稳条件并提出以空穴形状演化为判据,比较了空穴失稳时的样本体积单元平均径 向应变与无刻槽杆的冲击断裂应变。也用这种样本体积单元模型分析了OFHC的实验临界冲击拉伸速度。     

Plastic deformation and springback of rectangular bars subject to combined torsion and tension

Springback of rectangular bars under combined torsion and tension is investigated. A theoretical model for springback is developed and evaluated by comparing calculated and experimental results. It is concluded that springback is analytically predictable. Both analysis and test data show that an axial tension always reduces angular springback in a twisted bar. The order of plastic deformation is found to be important : twist followed by pull produces smaller angular springback upon release of torque and force than does a deformation in the reverse order.     

Application of kinetic theory to the analysis of high-temperature creep rupture of metals under complex stress (review)

This paper gives an analytical review of the results obtained using the kinetic theory of creep and creep rupture to analyze the creep rupture of metals under complex stress. Special note is made of the outstanding contribution of Soviet scientists L. M. Kachanov and Yu. N. Rabotnov, who introduced the concept of material damage and developed the fundamentals of the kinetic theory. Different versions of this theory are used in studies of Russian and foreign scientists. The possibility of applying the kinetic theory to model the deformation and fracture of metals under creep conditions using scalar, vector, and tensor damage parameters and their combinations is considered.     

On stability of motion with respect to two measures under uncertainty

General conditions for the stability with respect to two measures of the solution of fuzzy differential equations are established. The approach used is based on reducing a fuzzy differential equation to a hybrid system. The stability conditions are formulated in terms of restrictions on the evolution operator of the system of linear approximation __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 111–122, January 2008.     

On the predictability of chaotic systems with respect to maximally effective computation time

The round-off error introduces uncertainty in the numerical solution. A computational uncertainty principle is explained and validated by using chaotic systems, such as the climatic model, the Rossler and super chaos system. Maximally effective computation time (MECT) and optimal stepsize (OS) are discussed and obtained via an optimal searching method. Under OS in solving nonlinear ordinary differential equations, the self-memorization equations of chaotic systems are set up, thus a new approach to numerical weather forecast is described. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40275031 and 40231006), the National Key Program for Developing Basic Sciences (G1999043408) and the Key Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (K2CX1-10-07)