Time-dependent ratchetting experiments of SS304 stainless steel

The time-dependent strain cyclic characteristics and ratchetting behaviours of SS304 stainless steel were investigated by uniaxial/multiaxial cyclic loading tests at room and elevated temperatures (350 and 700 °C). The effects of loading rate, peak/valley strain or stress holds, ambient temperature and non-proportional loading path on the cyclic softening/hardening and ratchetting behaviours of the material were discussed. It is shown that: the cyclic deformation of the material presents remarkable time-dependence at room temperature and 700 °C; the cyclic hardening feature and ratchetting strain depend significantly on straining or stressing rate, hold-time, ambient temperature and the non-proportionality of loading path; the time-dependent ratchetting is resulted from the slight opening of hysteresis loop and visco-plasticity together, and the viscosity is a dominating factor at 700 °C; at 350 °C, abnormal rate-dependence and quick shakedown of ratchetting are observed due to the dynamic strain aging of the material at this temperature. Some significant conclusions are obtained, which are useful to construct a constitutive model to describe the time-dependent ratchetting behaviour of the material. It is also stated that the unified visco-plastic constitutive model discussed here cannot provide reasonable simulation to the time-dependent ratchetting at 700 °C, especially to that with certain peak/valley stress hold, since the effect of the high viscosity on time-dependent ratchetting cannot be properly described by using a unified visco-plastic flow rule.     

Kinematic hardening rules with critical state of dynamic recovery,part II: Application to experiments of ratchetting behavior

The kinematic hardening rules formulated in Part I of this work (i.e, Models I and II) are applied to ratchetting experiments of Modified 9Cr-1Mo steel done by Tanaka et al. as well as to a nonproportional experiment of OFHC copper by Lamba and Sidebottom. It is shown the Models I and II have the capability of simulating ratchetting behavior well because they can predict much less accumulation of ratchetting strain under uniaxial and multiaxial loadings than the Armstrong and Frederick model. It is also shown that if ratchetting strain is negligible, Models I and II may give nearly the same predictions as the Armstrong and Frederick model.     

Kinematic hardening rules with critical state of dynamic recovery,part I: formulation and basic features for ratchetting behavior

Kinematic hardening rules formulated in a hardening/dynamic recovery format are examined for simulating rachetting behavior. These rules, characterized by decomposition of the kinematic hardening variable into components, are based on the assumption that each component has a critical state for its dynamic recovery to be activated fully. Discussing their basic features, the authors show that they can predict much less accumulation of uniaxial and multiaxial ratchetting strains than the Armstrong and Frederick rule. Comparisons with multilayer and multisurface models are made also, resulting in a finding that the simple one in the present rules is similar to the multilayer model with total strain rate replaced by inelastic (or plastic) strain rate. Part II of this work deals with applications to experiments.     

Ratchetting of viscoplastic material with cyclic softening,part 1: experiments on modified 9Cr–1Mo steel

Uniaxial and multiaxial ratchetting tests were conducted at temperatures between 200 and 600 °C on modified 9Cr–1Mo steel, which exhibits both viscoplastic and cyclic softening behavior. Anomalous behavior was observed in the stress-controlled uniaxial ratchetting tests; the material exhibited outstanding ratchetting in the tensile direction under zero mean stress. Under the uniaxial conditions, the ratchetting deformation significantly depended on the loading rate and hold time in addition to parameters such as the maximum stress and stress ratio. The uniaxial ratchetting was also accelerated to a great extent when cyclic deformation was given before the ratchetting tests. Under the multiaxial conditions, the ratchetting depended on the steady stress, cyclic strain range and strain rate. The ratchetting progressed faster as the steady stress or strain range became larger, or the strain rate became smaller, as expected. Monotonic compression tests were carried out to investigate the reason for the rachetting under no mean stress. Strain range change tests were also conducted to investigate the effect of strain range on the cyclic softening behavior of the material in detail.     

Ratchetting of viscoplastic material with cyclic softening,part 2: application of constitutive models

Simulation capability on ratchetting of modified 9Cr–1Mo steel at 550 °C was discussed using several constitutive models in the present paper. It was revealed that the authors' previous model, which uses an Armstrong–Frederick kinematic hardening rule, has a strong tendency to overestimate both uniaxial and multiaxial ratchetting of the material. On the contrary, the Ohno–Wang (OW) I model tended to underestimate the uniaxial and multiaxial ratchetting. The OW II and III models predicted the uniaxial and multiaxial ratchetting with better accuracy. Regarding the uniaxial ratchetting under the zero mean stress condition described in part 1 of this study, none of the constitutive models was able to simulate it even qualitatively. On the basis of the OW I model, a constitutive model incorporating a tension–compression asymmetry was proposed to predict the ratchetting behavior under the zero mean stress condition. The simulation capability of the proposed model was discussed in comparison with that of the other constitutive models.     

Cyclic multiaxial and shear finite deformation responses of OFHC Cu. Part II: An extension to the KHL model and simulations

In this part, the Khan–Huang–Liang (KHL) constitutive model was extended to account for kinematic hardening characteristic behavior of materials. The extended model is then generalized and used to simulate experimental response of oxygen free high conductivity (OFHC) copper under cyclic shear straining and biaxial tension–torsion (multiaxial ratchetting) experiments presented in Part I (Khan et al., 2007). In addition, a new modification for the non-linear kinematic hardening rule of Karim–Ohno (Abdel-Karim and Ohno, 2000) is proposed to simulate multiaxial ratchetting behaviors. Although, the kinematic hardening contributes the most to the response, it is shown that, the loading rate effect, and a coupled isotropic and kinematic hardening effect should also be considered while simulating the multiaxial ratchetting behavior of OFHC copper. Furthermore, the newly modified kinematic hardening rules is able to fairly well simulate the multiaxial ratchetting experiments under different loading conditions, irrespective of the value of applied axial tensile stress, shear strain amplitude, pre-cyclic hardening and/or loading sequence.     

拉扭复合加载下循环应力应变关系的研究

以拉扭簿壁管试件为研究对象,根据多轴临界面上的应力应变特性及多轴疲劳临界面法的结果,结合单轴循环应力应变关系,研究了多轴比例与非比例加载下的循环应力应变关系,推导出多应力应变关系模型,经拉扭复合比例与非比例物载试验难证,其预测结果与实测值相符合。     

A two-surface model describing ratchetting behaviors and transient hardening under nonproportional loading

A new superposed rule of Mroz's kinematic hardening rule and Ziegler's kinematic hardening rule based on two-surface model is proposed in the paper. Some experimental results on ratchetting of 2014-T6 aluminum alloy are predicted very well under multiaxial loading. In addition the conformability of the model is discussed for transient cyclic hardening under two kinds of nonproportional cyclic loading paths, i.e. square and rhombic path. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

考虑塑性应变记忆恢复的循环棘轮本构模型研究

在统一粘塑性循环本构理论框架下,以Ohno-Abdel-Karim非线性随动硬化模型为基础,建立了一个循环本构模型。模型通过引入塑性应变幅值记忆效应,并在塑性应变记忆项中加入恢复系数,提高了对循环硬化材料单轴棘轮行为的预言能力。将模型应用于316L不锈钢单轴棘轮行为的描述中,模拟不同平均应力、应力幅值下的棘轮应变,均与实验数据吻合较好,证明本文改进的本构模型能合理地描述循环硬化材料的单轴棘轮行为。     

Benchmark experiments and characteristic cyclic plasticity deformation

Key issues in cyclic plasticity modeling are discussed based upon representative experimental observations on several commonly used engineering materials. Cyclic plasticity is characterized by the Bauschinger effect, cyclic hardening/softening, strain range effect, nonproporitonal hardening, and strain ratcheting. Additional hardening is identified to associate with ratcheting rate decay. Proper modeling requires a clear distinction among different types of cyclic plasticity behavior. Cyclic hardening/softening sustains dependent on the loading amplitude and loading history. Strain range effect is common for most engineering metallic materials. Often, nonproportional hardening is accompanied by cyclic hardening, as being observed on stainless steels and pure copper. A clarification of the two types of material behavior can be made through benchmark experiments and modeling technique. Ratcheting rate decay is a common observation on a number of materials and it often follows a power law relationship with the number of loading cycles under the constant amplitude stress controlled condition. Benchmark experiments can be used to explore the different cyclic plasticity properties of the materials. Discussions about proper modeling are based on the typical cyclic plasticity phenomena obtained from testing several engineering materials under various uniaxial and multiaxial cyclic loading conditions. Sufficient experimental evidence points to the unambiguous conclusion that none of the hardening phenomena (cyclic hardening/softening, strain range effect, nonproportional hardening, and strain hardening associated with ratcheting rate decay) is isotropic in nature. None of the hardening behavior can be properly modeled with a change in the yield stress.     

Cyclic multiaxial and shear finite deformation response of OFHC: Part I,experimental results

A series of experiments has been conducted on oxygen free high conductivity (OFHC) copper hollow cylinders under cyclic free-end torsion and biaxial tension–torsion at large strains. In addition, equations are developed to account for the finite rotation and strains in electrical resistance strain gages. In free-end cyclic torsion experiments with shear strain range equal to 23%, a significant strain in the axial direction is observed and it accumulates with a constant rate cycle by cycle. In the biaxial tension–torsion (multiaxial ratchetting) experiments, in which the primary (constant) axial stress is larger than the initial yield stress of the material, the loading conditions are varied to determine the influence of primary axial stress, cyclic shear strain range, pre-cyclic hardening and loading sequence on multiaxial ratchetting. Some important experimental features are high-lighted and recommended to help modeling efforts later.     

Macro versus micro-scale constitutive models in simulating proportional and nonproportional cyclic and ratcheting responses of stainless steel 304

A recent study by Hassan et al. [Hassan, T., Taleb, L., Krishna, S., 2008. Influences of nonproportional loading paths on ratcheting responses and simulations by two recent cyclic plasticity models. Int. J. Plasticity, 24, 1863–1889.] demonstrated that some of the nonproportional ratcheting responses under stress-controlled loading histories cannot be simulated reasonably by two recent cyclic plasticity models. Two major drawbacks of the models identified were: (i) the stainless steel 304 demonstrated cyclic hardening under strain-controlled loading whereas cyclic softening under stress-controlled loading, which depends on the strain-range and which the existing models cannot describe; (ii) the change in biaxial ratcheting responses due to the change in the degree of nonproportionality were not simulated well by the models. Motivated by these findings, two modified cyclic plasticity models are evaluated in predicting a broad set of cyclic and ratcheting response of stainless steel 304. The experimental responses used in evaluating the modified models included both proportional (uniaxial) and nonproportional (biaxial) loading responses from Hassan and Kyriakides [Hassan, T., Kyriakides, S., 1994a. Ratcheting of cyclically hardening and softening materials. Part I: uniaxial behavior. Int. J. Plasticity, 10, 149–184; Hassan, T., Kyriakides, S., 1994b. Ratcheting of cyclically hardening and softening materials. Part II: multiaxial behavior. Int. J. Plasticity, 10, 185–212.] and Hassan et al. [Hassan, T., Taleb, L., Krishna, S., 2008. Influences of nonproportional loading paths on ratcheting responses and simulations by two recent cyclic plasticity models. Int. J. Plasticity, 24, 1863–1889.] The first model studied is a macro-scale, phenomenological, constitutive model originally proposed by Chaboche et al. [Chaboche, J.L., Dang-Van, K., Cordier, G., 1979. Modelization of the strain memory effect on the cyclic hardening of 316 stainless steel. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on SMiRT, Div. L, Berlin, Germany, L11/3.]. This model was systematically modified for incorporating strain-range dependent cyclic hardening–softening, and proportional and nonproportional loading memory parameters. The second model evaluated is a polycrystalline model originally proposed by Cailletaud [Cailletaud, G., 1992. A micromechanical approach to inelastic behavior of metals. Int. J. Plasticity, 8, 55–73.] based on crystalline slip mechanisms. These two models are scrutinized against simulating hysteresis loop shape, cyclic hardening–softening, cross-effect, cyclic relaxation, subsequent cyclic softening and finally a broad set of ratcheting responses under uniaxial and biaxial loading histories. The modeling features which improved simulations for these responses are elaborated in the paper. In addition, a novel technique for simulating both the monotonic and cyclic responses with one set of model parameters is developed and validated.     

Meso-mechanical constitutive model for ratchetting of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites

Based on the Eshelby equivalent inclusion theory and Mori-Tanaka averaging method, a meso-mechanical cyclic elasto-plastic constitutive model is proposed to predict the ratchetting of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites. In the proposed model, a Hill-typed incremental formulation is used to simulate the elasto-plastic responses of the composites during cyclic loading with assumptions of elastic particle, elasto-plastic metal matrix and perfect interfacial bond between metal matrix and particles. A new nonlinear kinematic hardening rule extended from the Ohno-Abdel-Karim model [M. Abdel-Karim, N. Ohno, Kinematic hardening model suitable for ratchetting with steady-state, Int. J. Plasticity 16 (2000) 225-240] is employed to describe the ratchetting of metal matrix which dominates the ratchetting of the composites. With further assumption of spherical particles, the proposed meso-mechanical cyclic constitutive model is verified by comparing the predicted uniaxial ratchetting of SiC_P/6061Al composites with corresponding experiments obtained at room temperature [G.Z. Kang, Uniaxial time-dependent ratchetting of SiC_P/6061Al alloy composites at room and high temperature, Comp. Sci. Tech. 66 (2006) 1418-1430]. In the meantime, the effects of different tangent operators employed in the numerical implementation of the proposed model, i.e., continuum (or elasto-plastic) tangent operator C^ep and algorithmic (or consistent) one C^alg, on the predicted ratchetting are also discussed. It is concluded that the proposed model predicts the uniaxial ratchetting of SiC_P/6061Al composites at room temperature reasonably.     

Constitutive modeling of strain range dependent cyclic hardening

In this paper, a new approach for constitutive modeling of strain range dependent cyclic hardening is proposed by extending the kinematic hardening model based on the critical state of dynamic recovery. It is assumed that isotropic, as well as kinematic, hardening consists of several parts, and that each part of isotropic hardening evolves when the corresponding part of kinematic hardening is in the critical state of dynamic recovery. The extended model is capable of simulating the cyclic hardening behavior in which different characteristics of cyclic hardening appear depending on strain range. The model is verified by simulating the relatively large cyclic straining tests of 304 stainless steel at ambient temperature, in which cyclic hardening does not stabilize before rupture if strain range exceeds a certain value. The model is further verified by predicting the history dependence of cyclic hardening under incremental cyclic loading and the maximum plastic strain dependence of strain hardening in cyclic tension.     

1Cr18Ni9Ti不锈钢多轴非比例棘轮行为及其影响因素研究

对1Cr18Ni9Ti不锈钢材料进行了两种不同加载路径的多轴非比例应力循环棘轮效应试验,研究了应力路径形状、平均应力及其历史对棘轮效应的影响,揭示了此材料多轴非比例棘轮效应的一些特征及其原因,为建立能较为精确地估计材料在多轴非比例应力循环下的累积变形的本构模型提供了一定的实验和理论分析的依据.     

Cyclic ratchetting of 1070 steel under multiaxial stress states

Cyclic ratchetting behavior of 1070 steel is studied under proportional and nonproportional loading with specific emphasis on the ratchetting rate decay mechanisms for large numbers of loading cycles. Under proportional loading, where the principal stress directions are unchanged, the ratchetting evolves in the mean stress direction. Under nonproportional loading, however, the ratchetting direction is determined by the loading path and can be different from the mean stress direction. The ratchetting rate decreases with increasing loading cycles, displaying a power law relationship with the number of loading cycles. The experimental ratchetting results indicate that under cyclic loading the material exhibits a tendency toward complying with a linear hardening rule with concomitant hysteresis loop closure. Based on the fundamental framework of plasticity theory and detailed evaluation of the stress-strain behaviors, the ratchetting can be classified into two basic types; Type I, which is identifiable with proportional loading where the ratchetting is due to the different values of the plastic modulus function at the symmetric loading points with respect to the mean stress state, and Type II, which represents nonproportional loading where the ratchetting is driven by the noncoincidence of the plastic strain rate vector and the translation direction of the yield surface (backstress rate vector). The Armstrong-Frederick-based plasticity models modified by Chaboche et al. and Bower are ill-suited for describing the experimental results of both types of ratchetting. The Ohno-Wang model, which introduces a threshold concept, can account for the ratchetting rate decay of Type II ratchetting, providing results that agree with experimental observations. Modification may be needed for the Ohno-Wang model so that the model can better describe Type I ratchetting.     

A constitutive model of cyclic plasticity

This paper addresses a constitutive model of cyclic plasticity with special emphasis on the yield-point phenomena. In order to point out the deformation characteristics of a mild steel, four types of experiments were conducted, i.e. uniaxial tension at several crosshead speeds, cyclic straining, and stress- and strain-controlled ratchetting. A viscoplastic constitutive model of cyclic plasticity is proposed on the premise that the phenomena of sharp yield point and the subsequent abrupt yield drop result from rapid dislocation multiplication and the stress-dependence of dislocation velocity. Besides, cyclic plasticity behavior, such as the Bauschinger effect, cyclic hardening/softening characteristics and ratchet-strain accumulation, is described by some kinematic and isotropic hardening rules. The cyclic stress–strain responses predicted by this model agree well with the corresponding experimental results.     

Uniaxial and non-proportionally multiaxial ratcheting of SS304 stainless steel at room temperature: experiments and simulations

The uniaxial and non-proportionally multiaxial ratcheting behaviors of SS304 stainless steel at room temperature were initially researched by experiment and then were theoretically described by a cyclic constitutive model in the framework of unified visco-plasticity. The effects of cyclic stress amplitude, mean stress, and their histories on the ratcheting were experimentally investigated under uniaxial and different multiaxial loading paths. The shapes of non-proportional loading paths were linear, circular, elliptical and rhombic, respectively. In the constitutive model, the rate-dependent behavior of the material was reflected by a viscous term; the cyclic flow and cyclic hardening behaviors of the material under asymmetrical stress-controlled cycling were reflected by the evolution rules of kinematic hardening back stress and isotropic deforming resistance, respectively. The effect of loading history on the ratcheting was also considered by introducing two fading memorization functions for maximum inelastic strain amplitude and isotropic deformation resistance, respectively, into the constitutive model. The effect of multiaxial loading path on the ratcheting was reflected by a non-proportional factor defined in this work. The predicting ability of the developed model was proved to be good by comparing the simulations with corresponding experiments.