General criteria of the strength of isotropic media

The limit surfaces of isotropic materials are considered in the invariant spaces of the stress tensor. The general requirements that must be met by limit surfaces are formulated. A three-invariant strength criterion for isotropic media sensitive and insensitive to hydrostatic pressure is given in general form. The convenience of analyzing strength criteria in the two-dimensional space of the base invariants of the stress tensor is demonstrated.Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 251–261, March–April, 1971.     

Problems of the anisotropy of strength

The concept of a strength tensor, analogous to the tensor of elastic constants, has been introduced with a view to using its components for approximate determination of laws governing the variation of strength of anisotropic materials in uniaxial tension or pure shear as a function of the orientation of the stress state. It has been shown that the plasticity condition postulated by Mises can be used as a criterion of strength of many "weakly" anisotropic materials, if one rejects the hypothesis according to which the condition is invariant in respect to hydrostatic pressure. In the case of "strongly" anisotropic materials, wood in particular, the Mises condition is at variance with the results obtained for variously oriented specimens tested in uniaxial tension. A strength condition in the form of a fourth-degree polynomial, based on the assumed existence of a strength tensor analogous to the tensor of elastic constants, has been postulated for these materials. The validity of this criterion has been demonstrated by constructing surfaces of equicritical plane stress states from experimental data obtained for pine wood, plywood, and glass-reinforced plastic laminates.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol 1, No. 2, pp. 79–92, 1965     

Form of strength criterion in isotropic materials

An examination is made of the staged form of the generalized criterion of strength in isotropic media. The proposed variant for the criterion is constructed on the basis of the oriented character of the damage around the dangerous point. In this case it is proposed that the damage in some particular direction is effected with a certain probability. An example of its application is given. The process of loading the material is taken to be isothermic and short-term.     

A New Static Failure Criterion for Isotropic Polymers

A new static failure criterion for isotropic polymers with different strengths in tension and compression based on exponential dependence between the mean stress and the von Mises equivalent stress is proposed. The two material parameters introduced can be determined by two simple tests - the uniaxial tension and compression. The locus of the criterion is nearly conical for low hydrostatic pressures and tends to a cylindrical form if an increased hydrostatic pressure is applied. The validity of the criterion is demonstrated by experimental strength data taken from the literature for several polymers in the case of superimposed hydrostatic pressure.     

Creep and long-time strength of oriented glass-reinforced plastics in interlaminar shear

The creep and long-time strength in interlaminar shear and the creep in compression in the direction of the reinforcement have been experimentally investigated for certain types of oriented glass-reinforced plastics. The specimens in the interlaminar creep tests took the form of short beams loaded in bending. The experimental creep data for shear and compression are well described by the hereditary theory with a kernel of the Abel type (shear) or in the form of a Rabotnov function (compression). If the stresses are constant in time, good agreement with experiment is also given by Findley's form of the aging theory. A deformation criterion of interlaminar shear strength is also obtained. The experimental curves and values of the creep and long-time strength constants are presented.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1003–1012, November–December, 1971.     

Dispersed failure of an anisotropic flywheel

Based on a hereditary damage model of solids, the strength of a cylindrically anisotropic flywheel is calculated. By using a failure criterion, the location and time of initial failure is determined in relation to an anisotropy parameter, for which the ratio of rigidities in the tangential and radial directions is taken. The process of dispersed failure depends on the expansion intensity of the damaged zone. The boundary of the zone is the failure front, whose equations of motion are obtained in the cases of absence and presence of a residual strength for the material behind the failure front. In the second case, the damaged material is modeled by an isotropic elastic medium with considerably reduced values of strength and rigidity characteristics, and variations in the pressure on the failure front are also determined. Graphs of the radial coordinate of failure front as a function of time are constructed and analyzed for different values of the anisotropy parameter, the degree of residual strength and density behind the failure front, and proportions of geometrical sizes of the flywheel. The critical failure times are found. A system of restrictions on the values of mechanical and geometrical parameters is revealed which makes possible the realization of the process of dispersed failure investigated.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 93–108, January–February, 2005.     

薄壁管道爆破压力的强度差异效应与强度准则影响

在有限变形理论的框架内,基于统一强度准则对在内压作用下的薄壁管道的塑性失效进行了分析．考虑强度差异效应和强度准则对爆破压力的影响,得到了两端封闭薄壁长圆管道的爆破压力的解析解．此外,在统一强度准则的基础上,在内压作用下的两端开口薄壁长圆管道的爆破压力解析解也被导出．经过讨论,发现对于受内压的两端封闭管道,不同的强度准则和强度拉压异性对其爆破压力的影响是显著的,而对于受内压的两端开口管道,其爆破压力则不受强度准则的具体形式和强度差异的影响．     

页岩储层各向异性对水平井坍塌压力的影响

为揭示层理页岩强度各向异性对水平井井壁坍塌压力的影响规律,对取自四川盆地龙马溪组页岩钻井不同层理角度的岩芯,通过岩芯观测、偏光显微镜、扫描电镜试验分别从宏观和微观角度研究了页岩层理特征,并基于单轴抗压强度研究了页岩强度各向异性特征.层理结构发育导致页岩呈现出显著的各向异性特征,粗略地将页岩视为各向同性体及简单采用Mohr-Coulomb准则作为破坏判据,使得预测的维持井壁稳定的坍塌压力不能满足安全钻井的需要.该文在研究层理地层岩石力学特性的基础上,采用横观各向同性地层井周应力分析模型,研究了弹性模量及地应力各向异性比对井周应力的影响;并结合考虑中间主应力的Mogi-Coulomb判据,分析了井壁坍塌压力对弹性模量E和Poisson(泊松)比ν各向异性比值变化的敏感性.实例分析结果表明:弹性模量和水平地应力各向异性比值的变化会对井周应力产生较大影响;Poisson比各向异性对井壁坍塌压力没有明显影响,而弹性模量比值的变化对井壁坍塌压力影响较大;横观各向同性地层中井壁坍塌压力与储层水平和垂直方向的硬脆性强弱关系有关,弹性力学参数各向异性既有可能利于井壁稳定,也可能更易导致井壁的剪切破坏;在实际工程中应根据储层岩石水平和垂直方向的硬脆性强弱关系,确定安全钻井液密度窗口.该结果对现场施工具有很好的指导意义.     

Finite homogeneous deformations of symmetrically loaded compressible membranes

The equilibrium problem of nonlinear, isotropic and hyperelastic square membranes, stretched by a double symmetric system of dead loads, is investigated. Depending on the form of the stored energy function, the problem considered may admit asymmetric solutions in addition to the expected symmetric solutions. For compressible materials, the mathematical condition allowing the computation of these asymmetric solutions is given. Moreover, explicit expressions for evaluating critical loads and bifurcation points are derived. Results and basic relations obtained for general isotropic materials are then specialized for a compressible Mooney–Rivlin material and a broad numerical analysis is performed. The qualitatively more interesting branches of asymmetric equilibrium are shown and the influence of the material parameters is discussed. Finally, using the energy criterion, some stability considerations are made.     

Finite homogeneous deformations of symmetrically loaded compressible membranes

The equilibrium problem of nonlinear, isotropic and hyperelastic square membranes, stretched by a double symmetric system of dead loads, is investigated. Depending on the form of the stored energy function, the problem considered may admit asymmetric solutions in addition to the expected symmetric solutions. For compressible materials, the mathematical condition allowing the computation of these asymmetric solutions is given. Moreover, explicit expressions for evaluating critical loads and bifurcation points are derived. Results and basic relations obtained for general isotropic materials are then specialized for a compressible Mooney–Rivlin material and a broad numerical analysis is performed. The qualitatively more interesting branches of asymmetric equilibrium are shown and the influence of the material parameters is discussed. Finally, using the energy criterion, some stability considerations are made.     

考虑损伤效应的正交各向异性板的弹塑性后屈曲分析

基于弹塑性力学和损伤理论,建立了一个与应力球张量有关的正交各向异性材料的混合硬化屈服准则,该准则无量纲化后与各向同性材料的Mises准则同构,进而建立了混合硬化正交各向异性材料的增量型弹塑性损伤本构方程和损伤演化方程．基于经典非线性板理论,得到了考虑损伤效应的正交各向异性板的增量型非线性平衡方程,且采用有限差分法和迭代法进行求解．数值算例中,讨论了损伤演化、初始缺陷对正交各向异性板弹塑性后屈曲行为的影响．数值结果显示了弹塑性后屈曲与弹性后屈曲的不同,并且损伤和损伤演化对板的弹塑性后屈曲的影响不可忽略．     

Damageability of a material reinforced with unidirectional orthotropic fibers for an exponential function of long-term microstrength

The theory of long-term damageability of a homogeneous material is generalized to the case of an orthotropic fibrous composite material with a stochastic structure. Equations of mechanics of microinhomogeneous media of this structure form the base of the theory. The process of damage of components of a composite is modeled by the formation of stochastically located micropores. The criterion of fracture of a unit microvolume is characterized by its long-term strength determined by the dependence of the time of brittle fracture on the degree of closeness of the equivalent stress to its limit value, which characterizes the short-term strength on the basis of the Huber–von Mises criterion accepted as an arbitrary function of coordinates. Efficient deformation properties and the stress-strain state of an orthotropic fibrous composite with microdamages in components are determined on the base of stochastic equations of elasticity of orthotropic media. For given macrostresses and macrostrains and an arbitrary moment of time, balance equations of damage (porosity) of components are formulated. On the basis of the iteration method, we construct algorithms for calculating dependences of microdamage of components of an orthotropic fibrous material on time and dependences of macrostresses or macrostrains on time and obtain the corresponding curves for the case of a bounded function of the long-term microstrength, which is approximated by an exponential law.     

Equilibrium failure processes of granular composites

The macroscopic failure of inhomogeneous media results from damage accumulation on different structural levels. During rigid loading, when given displacements of boundary points are ensured, irrespective of the body's resistance, structural-failure processes of composite materials take place in an equilibrium regime and result in the manifestation of such nonlinear-behavior effects as a descending branch on the strain diagram. the structural elements of a granular composite are homogeneous and firmly connected along the interface. Their geometry and mutual arrangement are given and do not change during deformation and failure of the medium, and the medium itself is macrohomogenous. The strength of isotropic structural elementsis estimated by comparing the second invariant of the stress tensor with its critical value. Nonfulfillment of the indicated strength criterion is associated with loss of ability to resist changes in form; at this point, the positive value of the first invariant corresponds to loss of such ability to resist and increase in volume. The deformation and structural failure of the medium are investigated as a single process that can be described under quasi-static loading by a boundary problem consisting of a closed system of Eqs. (1) and (2) and boundary conditions providing for a macrohomogeneous strain state. A principal feature of the boundary problem under consideration is the possibility of considering in constitutive relationships the states of the inhomogeneous medium, which correspond to partial or complete loss of bearing capacity of the structural elements. The random structural strength constants correspond to three-parameter Weibull distribution (6). The representative volume of a granular composite, which fills a domain in the form of a cube, is modeled by a set of istropic elastobrittle strain diagrams containing a descending branch are obtained as a result of the mathematical modeling of deformation processes and structural failure to realized a representative volume containing 384 structural elements with different strength and similar elastic constants.Presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials, Riga, October, 1995.Perm'State Mechanical University, Russia. Translated From Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 808–817, November–December, 1996.     

Generalized criterion of the long-term strength of viscoelastic materials

A long-term strength condition of the same type as the Il'yushin [2] or Moskvitin [1] nonlinear criterion is proposed. A method is suggested for determining the stress and time functions forming part of the proposed criterion from the long-term strength diagrams and from the data of pulsed or stepped loading tests. It is shown, on the basis of the experimental data, that the proposed criterion, which in a particular case is identical with the Moskovitin criterion, describes the experimental results better than the Bailey criterion.     

Strength of glass-reinforced plastics in the complex stress state

A new criterion of strength is proposed for anisotropic materials of the glass-reinforced plastic type. This criterion takes into account not only the different ultimate strengths in tension and compression in each direction but also the dependence of the ultimate shear strengths on the sign (direction) of the shear stresses. The criterion is given in tensor invariant form, so that it can be rewritten for any direction of the glass fibers. The criteria proposed by other authors, in particular, R. Hill's condition of plasticity [1], follow from the new generalized criterion as special cases. The results of experiments conducted both by the authors of the present article and by other investigators provide good confirmation of the proposed criterion.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 70–78, 1965     

Long-term strength of reinforced composites

Conclusion A criterion of long-term strength was proposed for composite materials. The criterion can be used to calculate time to failure for arbitrary loading programs. It was shown that the criterion provides for good agreement with the experimental data not only in the cases of instantaneous and long-term static loadings, but also for fatigue loading in tension, in compression, and in mixed regimes with different asymmetry coefficients.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 1, pp. 16–22, January–February, 1989.     

Stress regularity in quasi-static perfect plasticity with a pressure dependent yield criterion

This work is devoted to establishing a regularity result for the stress tensor in quasi-static planar isotropic linearly elastic – perfectly plastic materials obeying a Drucker–Prager or Mohr–Coulomb yield criterion. Under suitable assumptions on the data, it is proved that the stress tensor has a spatial gradient that is locally squared integrable. As a corollary, the usual measure theoretical flow rule is expressed in a strong form using the quasi-continuous representative of the stress.     

Simulation of nuclei morphologies for binary alloy

We study the critical nuclei morphologies of a binary alloy by the string method. The dynamic equation of the string, connecting the metastable phase (liquid) and stable phase (solid), is governed by Helmholtz free energy for the binary alloy system at a given temperature. The stationary string through the critical nucleus (saddle point) is obtained if the relaxation time of the string is sufficiently large. The critical nucleus radius and energy barrier to nucleation of a pure alloy with isotropic interface energy in two and three dimensions are calculated, which are consistent with the classical nucleation theory. The critical nuclei morphologies are sensitive to the anisotropy strength of interface energy and interface thickness of alloy in two and three dimensions. The critical nucleus and energy barrier to nucleation become smaller if the anisotropy strength of the interface energy is increased, which means that it is much easier to form a stable nucleus if the anisotropy of the interface energy is considered.     

Limit analysis and numerical modeling of spherically porous solids with Coulomb and Drucker-Prager matrices

The first goal of this work was to develop efficient limit analysis (la) tools to investigate the macroscopic criterion of a porous material on the basis of the hollow sphere model used by Gurson, here with a Coulomb matrix. Another goal was to give the resulting rigorous lower and upper bounds to the macroscopic criterion to enable comparisons and validations with further analytical or numerical studies on this micro-macro problem. In both static and kinematic approaches of la, a quadratic formulation was used to represent the stress and displacement velocity fields, in triangular finite elements. A significant improvement of the quality of the results was obtained by superimposing, on the fem fields, analytical fields which are the solutions to the problem under isotropic loadings.The final problems result in conic optimization, or linear programming after linearization of the criterion, so as to determine the “Porous Coulomb” criterion. A fine iterative post-analysis strictly restores the admissibility of the static and kinematic solutions. After presenting the results for various values of the porosity and internal friction angle, a comparison with a heuristic Cam-Clay-like criterion shows that this criterion cannot be considered a precise general approximation. Then a comparison with the “Porous Drucker-Prager” criterion treated by specific 3D codes is presented. With the same numerical tools, a final analysis of recent results in the literature is detailed, and tables of selected numerical data are presented in the appendices.     

Carbon Fibre Prepregs: Simulation of a Thermo-Mechanical-Chemical Coupled Problem

In automotive industry research is done to replace high strength steel by combinations of steel and carbon-fibre prepregs (pre-impregnated fibres). It is planned to form both steel and uncured prepregs in one step followed by the curing process under pressure in the forming die. The ability to simulate the mechanical behaviour during forming and curing would allow more economical processes. The simulation of prepregs must regard highly anisotropic, viscoelastic and thermal- chemical properties. For this the model is split into an anisotropic elastic part, which represents the fibre fraction and an isotropic, viscoelastic part, representing the matrix. This part also contains curing, causing a dependency on time and temperature. During deep-drawing large deformations are occurring, so a large strain model regarding anisotropy, viscoelasticity and curing has been developed. Also experiments were made to validate this model. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)