On nonlocal rate-independent plasticity

A nonlocal rate-independent large strain theory for elastic-plastic bodies consistent with thermodynamic theory is derived. The theory is based on a strain space formulation, where plastic strain is regarded as a primitive variable, characterised by an appropriate constitutive equation for its rate. Stress and free energy are assumed to be functions of a set of nonlocal variables, constructed from a collection of basic state functions, constituted by strain, plastic strain and a scalar measure of strain hardening. A yield function is introduced depending on the same set of independent, nonlocal variables. Yield criteria, flow rules, and loading conditions are formulated. The consistency condition is not, as in local theory, expressed by an algebraic equation, but by an integral equation defined throughout the region of plastic loading.     

On thermoelastostatics of composites with nonlocal properties of constituents I. General representations for effective material and field parameters

A theory of thermoelastic composites with nonlocal properties of constituents is analyzed for multiphase elastic solids of arbitrary geometry and material symmetry. Due to their generality, one uses the nonlocal integral models because the gradient models are usually derived as approximations of corresponding integral models in the immediate (infinitely closed) vicinity of the point being considered. One explores a simplified theory for linear (macroscopically) elasticity, which differs from the classical local theory in the stress–strain constitutive relation only, whereas the equilibrium and compatibility equations remain unaltered. One obtains the new representation of the effective modulus and compliance through the mechanical influence function which does not explicitly depend (as opposed to its local counterpart) on the elastic operators of constituents. The representations for the effective eigenstrains and eigenstresses through either the mechanical influence functions or transformation influence functions are presented. The effective strain energy and potential energy are expressed in terms of only average values of the state variables and the effective properties. Representations of both the first and second statistical moments of stress and strain fields in the constituents are also performed. Many of the results were obtained as the straightforward generalizations of their local counterparts because the methods used for obtaining the mentioned results widely exploit the Hill’s (1963) condition which holds for any compatible strain field and equilibrium stress field not necessarily related to each other by a specific stress–strain relation.     

Triply periodical particulate matrix compositesinvarying external stress fields

We consider a linear elastic composite medium, which consists of ahomogeneousmatrix containing aligned ellipsoidal uncoated or coated inclusions arranged in aperiodic arrayand subjected to inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The hypothesis of effectivefieldhomogeneity near the inclusions is used. The general integral equation obtained reducestheanalysis of infinite number of inclusion problems to the analysis of a finite number of inclusionsinsome representative volume element (RVE) . The integral equation is solved by theFouriertransform method as well as by the iteration method of the Neumann series ( first-orderapproximation) . The nonlocal macroscopic constitutive equation relating the unit cellaverages ofstress and strain is derived in explicit closed forms either of a differential equation ofasecond-order or of an integral equation. The employed of explicit relations fornumericalestimations of tensors describing the local and nonlocal effective elastic properties aswell asaverage stresses in the composites containing simple cubic lattices of rigid inclusions andvoids areconsidered.     

On thermoelastostatics of composites with nonlocal properties of constituents II. Estimation of effective material and field parameters

One considers a linear thermoelastic composite medium, which consists of a homogeneous matrix containing a statistically homogeneous random set of ellipsoidal uncoated or coated heterogeneities. It is assumed that the stress–strain constitutive relations of constituents are described by the nonlocal integral operators, whereas the equilibrium and compatibility equations remain unaltered as in classical local elasticity. The general integral equations connecting the stress and strain fields in the point being considered and the surrounding points are obtained. The method is based on a centering procedure of subtraction from both sides of a known initial integral equation their statistical averages obtained without any auxiliary assumptions such as, e.g., effective field hypothesis implicitly exploited in the known centering methods. In a simplified case of using of the effective field hypothesis for analyzing composites with one sort of heterogeneities, one proves that the effective moduli explicitly depend on both the strain and stress concentrator factor for one heterogeneity inside the infinite matrix and does not directly depend on the elastic properties (local or nonlocal) of heterogeneities. In such a case, the Levin’s (1967) formula in micromechanics of composites with locally elastic constituents is generalized to their nonlocal counterpart. A solution of a volume integral equation for one heterogeneity subjected to inhomogeneous remote loading inside an infinite matrix is proposed by the iteration method. The operator representation of this solution is incorporated into the new general integral equation of micromechanics without exploiting of basic hypotheses of classical micromechanics such as both the effective field hypothesis and “ellipsoidal symmetry” assumption. Quantitative estimations of results obtained by the abandonment of the effective field hypothesis are presented.     

Nonlocal damage theory in hybrid-displacement formulations

This paper discusses three hybrid-displacement finite element formulations for the simulation of strain localization based on nonlocal damage theory. An isotropic integral nonlocal damage model is chosen. The hybrid finite element formulations adopted in this work are developed from first principles of Mechanics. The first one defines the domain approximations using the Trefftz functions derived for the linear elastic regime. When damage appears the hybrid-Trefftz displacement formulation degenerates into an hybrid-displacement formulation. The second formulation uses an enriched Trefftz basis with the consideration of local Heaviside functions. The third formulation uses orthonormal Legendre polynomials for the domain approximations. A set of benchmark tests is presented and discussed in order to compare the performance and accuracy of the different models. It is shown that the proposed hybrid-Trefftz formulation allows the reproduction of the general behavior of the structure but does not lead to a correct simulation of the strain tensor evolution. The hybrid-displacement formulation that uses orthonormal Legendre polynomials gives coherent results, so it appears to be a promising field of investigation.     

基于结构化变形驱动的非局部宏-微观损伤模型的真Ⅱ型裂纹模拟

Ⅱ型载荷作用下裂纹变形模式也为Ⅱ型的破坏问题称为真Ⅱ型破坏.准确定量地把握真Ⅱ型破坏的全过程是具有挑战性的问题.本文采用结构化变形驱动的非局部宏-微观损伤模型对真Ⅱ型破坏问题进行了模拟.根据结构化变形理论将点偶的非局部应变分解为弹性应变与结构化应变两部分,进而利用Cauchy-Born准则与结构化应变计算点偶的结构化正伸长量.在本文中,结构化应变取为非局部应变的偏量部分.当点偶的结构化正伸长量超过临界伸长量时,微细观损伤开始在点偶层次发展.将微细观损伤在作用域中进行加权求和得到拓扑损伤,并通过能量退化函数将其嵌入到连续介质-损伤力学框架中进行数值求解.进一步地,本文采用Gauss-Lobatto积分格式计算点偶的非局部应变,将积分点数目降低到4个,显著降低了前处理和非线性分析的计算成本.通过对Ⅱ型加载下裂尖应变场的分析揭示了采用偏应变作为结构化应变的原因.对两个典型真Ⅱ型破坏问题的模拟结果表明,本文方法不仅可以把握Ⅱ型加载下的真Ⅱ型裂纹扩展模式,同时可以定量刻画加载过程中的载荷-变形曲线,且不具有网格敏感性.最后指出了需要进一步研究的问题.     

On the Lagrangian and instability of medium with defects

The article presents the Lagrangian of defects in the solids, equipped with bending and warp. The deformation of such elastic medium with defects is based on Riemann-Cartan geometry in three dimensional space. In the static theory for the media with dislocations and disclinations the possible choice of the geometric Lagrangian yield the equations of equilibrium. In this article, the assumed expression for the free energy leading is equal to a volume integral of the scalar function (the Lagrangian) that depends on metric and Ricci tensors only. In the linear elastic isotropic case the elastic potential is a quadratic function of the first and second invariants of strain and warp tensors with two Lame, two mixed and two bending constants. For the linear theory of homogeneous anisotropic elastic medium the elastic potential must be quadratic in warp and strain. The conditions of stability of media with defects are derived, such that the medium in its free state is stable. With the increasing strain the stability conditions could be violated. If the strain in material attains the critical value, the instability in form of emergence of new topological defects occurs. The medium undergoes the spontaneous symmetry breaking in form of emerging topological defects.     

Numerical analysis and elastic–plastic deformation behavior of anisotropically damaged solids

The present paper is concerned with the numerical modelling of the large elastic–plastic deformation behavior and localization prediction of ductile metals which are sensitive to hydrostatic stress and anisotropically damaged. The model is based on a generalized macroscopic theory within the framework of nonlinear continuum damage mechanics. The formulation relies on a multiplicative decomposition of the metric transformation tensor into elastic and damaged-plastic parts. Furthermore, undamaged configurations are introduced which are related to the damaged configurations via associated metric transformations which allow for the interpretation as damage tensors. Strain rates are shown to be additively decomposed into elastic, plastic and damage strain rate tensors. Moreover, based on the standard dissipative material approach the constitutive framework is completed by different stress tensors, a yield criterion and a separate damage condition as well as corresponding potential functions. The evolution laws for plastic and damage strain rates are discussed in some detail. Estimates of the stress and strain histories are obtained via an explicit integration procedure which employs an inelastic (damage-plastic) predictor followed by an elastic corrector step. Numerical simulations of the elastic–plastic deformation behavior of damaged solids demonstrate the efficiency of the formulation. A variety of large strain elastic–plastic-damage problems including severe localization is presented, and the influence of different model parameters on the deformation and localization prediction of ductile metals is discussed.     

Static and dynamic behaviour of nonlocal elastic bar using integral strain-based and peridynamic models

The static and dynamic behaviour of a nonlocal bar of finite length is studied in this paper. The nonlocal integral models considered in this paper are strain-based and relative displacement-based nonlocal models; the latter one is also labelled as a peridynamic model. For infinite media, and for sufficiently smooth displacement fields, both integral nonlocal models can be equivalent, assuming some kernel correspondence rules. For infinite media (or finite media with extended reflection rules), it is also shown that Eringen's differential model can be reformulated into a consistent strain-based integral nonlocal model with exponential kernel, or into a relative displacement-based integral nonlocal model with a modified exponential kernel. A finite bar in uniform tension is considered as a paradigmatic static case. The strain-based nonlocal behaviour of this bar in tension is analyzed for different kernels available in the literature. It is shown that the kernel has to fulfil some normalization and end compatibility conditions in order to preserve the uniform strain field associated with this homogeneous stress state. Such a kernel can be built by combining a local and a nonlocal strain measure with compatible boundary conditions, or by extending the domain outside its finite size while preserving some kinematic compatibility conditions. The same results are shown for the nonlocal peridynamic bar where a homogeneous strain field is also analytically obtained in the elastic bar for consistent compatible kinematic boundary conditions at the vicinity of the end conditions. The results are extended to the vibration of a fixed–fixed finite bar where the natural frequencies are calculated for both the strain-based and the peridynamic models.     

Nonlocal continuum theory of anisotropically damaged metals

The paper deals with a consistent and systematic general framework for the development of anisotropic continuum damage in ductile metals based on thermodynamic laws and nonlocal theories. The proposed model relies on finite strain kinematics based on the consideration of damaged as well as fictitious undamaged configurations related via metric transformation tensors which allow for the interpretation of damage tensors. The formulation is accomplished by rate-independent plasticity using a nonlocal yield condition of Drucker–Prager type, anisotropic damage based on a nonlocal damage growth criterion as well as non-associated flow and damage rules. The nonlocal theory of inelastic continua is established to be able to take into account long-range microstructural interaction. The approach incorporates macroscopic interstate variables and their higher-order gradients which properly describe the change in the internal structure and investigate the size effect of statistical inhomogeneity of the heterogeneous material. The idea of bridging length-scales is made by using higher-order gradients in the evolution equations of the equivalent inelastic strain measures which leads to a system of elliptic partial differential equations which is solved using the finite difference method at each iteration of the loading step and the displacement-based finite element procedure is governed by the standard principle of virtual work. Numerical simulations of the elastic–plastic deformation behavior of damaged solids demonstrate the efficiency of the formulation. Tension tests undergoing large strains are used to investigate the damage growth in high strength steel. The influence of various model parameters on the prediction of the deformation and localization of ductile metals is discussed.     

A thermodynamically consistent nonlocal formulation for damaging materials

A thermodynamically consistent nonlocal formulation for damaging materials is presented. The second principle of thermodynamics is enforced in a nonlocal form over the volume where the dissipative mechanism takes place. The nonlocal forces thermodynamically conjugated are obtained consistently from the free energy. The paper indeed extends to elastic damaging materials a formulation originally proposed by Polizzotto et al. for nonlocal plasticity. Constitutive and computational aspects of the model are discussed. The damage consistency conditions turn out to be formulated as an integral complementarity problem and, consequently, after discretization, as a linear complementarity problem. A new numerical algorithm of solution is proposed and meaningful one-dimensional and two-dimensional examples are presented.     

Covariant formulation of the tensor algebra of non-linear elasticity

This work aims at obtaining a covariant representation of the elasticity tensor of a hyperelastic material when the elastic strain energy potential is written employing the volumetric–distortional decomposition of the deformation. This requires the careful definition of some fundamental fourth-order tensors: the identity, the spherical operator, and the deviatoric operator, which appear in the material and spatial expressions of the elasticity tensor. These operators can be defined in the spatial or the material setting and admit pulled-back and pushed-forward forms, respectively. These forms are intimately related to the pulled-back and pushed-forward metric tensors, and are somewhat awkward to derive in Cartesian coordinates, because of the loss of the distinction between a vector space and its dual, and therefore between objects having contravariant and covariant components, which obey to different transformation laws. The relationship between the deformation and the various forms of the identity, spherical, and deviatoric operators can be entirely clarified only within a covariant theory, where the central role played by the spatial and material metric tensors, and their pulled-back and pushed-forward counterparts, which are deformation tensors, can be emphasised.     

Analysis of the Volume-Constrained Peridynamic Navier Equation of Linear Elasticity

Well-posedness results for the state-based peridynamic nonlocal continuum model of solid mechanics are established with the help of a nonlocal vector calculus. The peridynamic strain energy density for an elastic constitutively linear anisotropic heterogeneous solid is expressed in terms of the field operators of that calculus, after which a variational principle for the equilibrium state is defined. The peridynamic Navier equilibrium equation is then derived as the first-order necessary conditions and are shown to reduce, for the case of homogeneous materials, to the classical Navier equation as the extent of nonlocal interactions vanishes. Then, for certain peridynamic constitutive relations, the peridynamic energy space is shown to be equivalent to the space of square-integrable functions; this result leads to well-posedness results for volume-constrained problems of both the Dirichlet and Neumann types. Using standard results, well-posedness is also established for the time-dependent peridynamic equation of motion.     

An extended constitutive correspondence formulation of peridynamics based on nonlinear bond-strain measures

An extension of the constitutive correspondence framework of peridynamics is proposed. The main motivation is to address unphysical deformation modes which are shown to be permitted in the original constitutive formulation. The specific problem of matter interpenetration observed in numerical discretizations of peridynamics has usually been treated by adding short-range forces between neighboring particles in the discretization. Here, we propose a solution that is rooted directly within the nonlocal theory. The basic approach is to introduce generalized nonlocal peridynamic strain tensors based on corresponding bond-level Seth–Hill strain measures which inherently avoid violations of the matter interpenetration constraint. Several analytic examples are used to show that the modified theory avoids issues of matter interpenetration in cases where the original theory fails. The resulting extended constitutive correspondence framework supports general classic constitutive laws as originally intended and is also shown to be ordinary.     

Nonlocal elasticity: an approach based on fractional calculus

Fractional calculus is the mathematical subject dealing with integrals and derivatives of non-integer order. Although its age approaches that of classical calculus, its applications in mechanics are relatively recent and mainly related to fractional damping. Investigations using fractional spatial derivatives are even newer. In the present paper spatial fractional calculus is exploited to investigate a material whose nonlocal stress is defined as the fractional integral of the strain field. The developed fractional nonlocal elastic model is compared with standard integral nonlocal elasticity, which dates back to Eringen’s works. Analogies and differences are highlighted. The long tails of the power law kernel of fractional integrals make the mechanical behaviour of fractional nonlocal elastic materials peculiar. Peculiar are also the power law size effects yielded by the anomalous physical dimension of fractional operators. Furthermore we prove that the fractional nonlocal elastic medium can be seen as the continuum limit of a lattice model whose points are connected by three levels of springs with stiffness decaying with the power law of the distance between the connected points. Interestingly, interactions between bulk and surface material points are taken distinctly into account by the fractional model. Finally, the fractional differential equation in terms of the displacement function along with the proper static and kinematic boundary conditions are derived and solved implementing a suitable numerical algorithm. Applications to some example problems conclude the paper.     

A formulation of anisotropic continuum elastoplasticity at finite strains. Part I: Modelling

A constitutive model for anisotropic elastoplasticity at finite strains is developed together with its numerical implementation. An anisotropic elastic constitutive law is described in an invariant setting by use of structural tensors and the elastic strain measure C_e. The elastic strain tensor as well as the structural tensors are assumed to be invariant in relation to superimposed rigid body rotations. An anisotropic Hill-type yield criterion, described by a non-symmetric Eshelby-like stress tensor and further structural tensors, is developed, where use is made of representation theorems for functions with non-symmetric arguments. The model also considers non-linear isotropic hardening. Explicit results for the specific case of orthotropic anisotropy are given. The associative flow rule is employed and the features of the inelastic flow rule are discussed in full. It is shown that the classical definition of the plastic material spin is meaningless in conjunction with the present formulation. Instead, the study motivates an alternative definition, which is based on the demand that such a quantity must be dissipation-free, as the plastic material spin is in the case of isotropy. Equivalent spatial formulations are presented too. The full numerical treatment is considered in Part II.     

An asymmetric theory of nonlocal elasticity—Part 1. Quasicontinuum theory

In this article, an asymmetric theory of nonlocal elasticity is developed on the basis of three dimensional atomic lattice model, the Galileo invariance for constitutive equations and by use of Fourier transformation of generalized function and energy method. It is shown that nonlocal characteristic functions (or constitutive parameters of internal elastic energy) can be explicitly expressed in terms of interacting forces connecting atoms, and the general model of nonlocal theory with rotation effects is asymmetric. Both symmetric stress and anti-symmetric stress is a nonlocal function of strain and local rotation for anisotropic materials. For isotropic materials, symmetric stress is only a nonlocal function of strain, while antisymmetric stress is only a nonlocal function of local rotation.     

Nonlocal integral elasticity: 2D finite element based solutions

A finite element based method, theorized in the context of nonlocal integral elasticity and founded on a nonlocal total potential energy principle, is numerically implemented for solving 2D nonlocal elastic problems. The key idea of the method, known as nonlocal finite element method (NL-FEM), relies on the assumption that the postulated nonlocal elastic behaviour of the material is captured by a finite element endowed with a set of (cross-stiffness) element’s matrices able to interpret the (nonlocality) effects induced in the element itself by the other elements in the mesh. An Eringen-type nonlocal elastic model is assumed with a constitutive stress–strain law of convolutive-type which governs the nonlocal material behaviour. Computational issues, as the construction of the nonlocal element and global stiffness matrices, are treated in detail. Few examples are presented and the relevant numerical findings discussed both to verify the reliability of the method and to prove its effectiveness.     

Effective thermoelastic properties of graded doublyperiodic particulate matrix composites in varying externalstress fields

We consider a linear elastic composite medium, which consists of a homogeneousmatrix containing aligned ellipsoidal uncoated or coated inclusions arranged in a doubly periodicarray and subjected to inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The hypothesis of effective fieldhomogeneity near the inclusions is used. The general integral equation obtained reduces theanalysis of infinite number of inclusion problems to the analysis of a finite number of inclusions insome representative volume element (RVE) . The integral equation is solved by a modifiedversion of the Neumann series; the fast convergence of this method is demonstrated for concreteexamples. The nonlocal macroscopic constitutive equation relating the cell averages of stress andstrain is derived in explicit iterative form of an integral equation. A doubly periodic inclusion fieldin a finite ply subjected to a stress gradient along the functionally graded direction is considered.The stresses averaged over the cell are explicitly represented as functions of the boundaryconditions. Finally, the employed of proposed explicit relations for numerical simulations oftensors describing the local and nonlocal effective elastic properties of finite inclusion pliescontaining a simple cubic lattice of rigid inclusions and voids are considered. The local andnonlocal parts of average strains are estimated for inclusion plies of different thickness. Theboundary layers and scale effects for effective local and nonlocal effective properties as well as foraverage stresses will be revealed.     

A Class of High Order Nonlocal Operators

We study a class of nonlocal operators that may be seen as high order generalizations of the well known nonlocal diffusion operators. We present properties of the associated nonlocal functionals and nonlocal function spaces including nonlocal versions of Sobolev inequalities such as the nonlocal Poincaré and nonlocal Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequalities. Nonlocal characterizations of high order Sobolev spaces in the spirit of Bourgain–Brezis–Mironescu are provided. Applications of nonlocal calculus of variations to the well-posedness of linear nonlocal models of elastic beams and plates are also considered.