Plastic-strain evolution for cyclic loading based on the equations of the field theory of defects

A relation governing the plastic-strain evolution under applied stresses is obtained within the field theory of defects to analyze the specific features of deformation under sign-varying cyclic loading. The effect of the applied stress amplitude, loading frequency, and cycle skewness on the deformation process under uniaxial loading conditions is studied. Specific features of the plastic-strain evolution in a stable deformation process are considered, and the time to failure of the system in an unstable process is determined. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 112–118, May–June, 2006.