Crushing of an Elastic-Perfectly Plastic Ring or Tube Between Two Planes

1987 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Y. Wang

A thin ring is crushed between two rigid planes. Due to plastic deformation the ring does not recover its original shape when the compression is removed. For an elastic-perfectly plastic flexural material, the ring undergoes two to five different stages. The mathematical problem is formulated and solved by exact numerical integration and accurate analytical approximations.

2015 ◽  
Vol 1123 ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Rifky Ismail ◽  
T. Prasojo ◽  
Mohammad Tauviqirrahman ◽  
J. Jamari ◽  
D.J. Schipper

Investigation of local plastic deformation between rough surfaces in mechanical components such as gears, camshaft and bearings is very important. Contact between real surfaces occurs at the summits of the highest asperities which vary in height and radius. The plastic deformation of the contact between two asperities was studied in this paper. Asperity contact was modelled as a contact between hemispheres. The commercial finite element software, ABAQUS, was employed to perform the numerical contact analysis of the elastic perfectly-plastic deforming hemispheres with the ratios of radii (R2/R1) from 1 to 7. Normal loads of 5000 N, 8000 N and 11000 N were applied to the frictionless contact of the hemispheres. It was shown that the plastic deformation ratio (ωp1/ωp2) decreases as the radii ratio increases. The higher normal load showed a lower plastic deformation ratio for high radii ratio. The results indicate that the radii ratio contributes to the severity of the plastic deformation and the total displacement of the contacting asperities.


Author(s):  
SJ Hawksbee ◽  
GJ Tucker ◽  
M Burstow

Plastic deformation of rails can occur on tight curves, which can significantly reduce the rail life. This paper investigated the phenomena of gross plastic deformation, or plastic flow, using multibody vehicle–track interaction and simplified finite element analysis. The focus is on understanding the contact conditions on the low rail of curves and how these differ from those in shakedown maps. To this end, two trial sites are simulated using multibody vehicle–track software. The contact conditions are then compared against several criteria assumed in the derivation of the shakedown maps. A further assumption implicit in the shakedown maps is also investigated by a non-linear finite element analysis. In this case, a more realistic Chaboche material model is used as opposed to the simple linear elastic–perfectly plastic model in the shakedown theory. The results of the finite element analysis are combined with a bespoke indicator of plastic flow to assess the influence of distance to shakedown limits on the likely plastic flow. Finally, a simple interpolation scheme is used to map the finite element results back to the trial sites. The interpolated results for the sites are used to evaluate the influence of running speed and different levels of wheel profile wear. Results suggest that the bespoke indicator defined in this work can be used as an effective measure of plastic flow; this measure is then used to quantify the influence of cant excess on the rates of plastic flow.


1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Hodge ◽  
D. L. White

It is well known that in a well-defined load-controlled boundary-value problem for an elastic/perfectly-plastic structure the displacements are unique if the structure is everywhere elastic, and they are not unique at the yield-point load when the structure becomes a mechanism. The present paper is concerned with the range of contained plastic deformation between these two extremes. Several examples are given in which more than one displacement field exists for loads less than the yield-point load. The significance of this phenomenon is commented on from a physical, mathematical, and computational point of view.


1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Hodge ◽  
K.-J. Bathe ◽  
E. N. Dvorkin

A complete solution to collapse is given for a three-bar symmetric truss made of an elastic/perfectly-plastic material, using linear statics and kinematics, and the solution is found to be partially nonunique in the range of contained plastic deformation. The introduction of a first-order deviation from symmetry and/or the inclusion of first-order nonlinear terms in the equilibrium equations is found to restore uniqueness. The significance of these effects is analyzed and discussed from mathematical, physical, modelling, computational, and engineering points of view.


1968 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Rubin

The mechanics and the thermodynamics of plastic deformation are considered in terms of a general assemblage or continuum of elastic, perfectly plastic elements or states. Such models not only match the external mechanical behavior of real materials structures and continua, but they also afford a simple thermodynamic definability. A consideration of the internal behavior shows that the stress-free state has the maximum elastic range. Hardening in the sense of an increasing macroscopic elastic range is accompanied by a release of stored strain energy; the stress-free state always is restorable. This behavior is appropriate for real structures and continua. However, it is precisely these continuum characteristics which make the assemblages inappropriate models of material behavior. Barriers to continuing plastic deformation are required which do exist on the microscale, but lie outside of the scope of the most complex of these thermodynamically well-defined assemblages.


2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (1/2/3/4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Roohollah Azizi Tafti ◽  
Hassan Moslemi Naeini ◽  
Mehdi Salmani Tehrani ◽  
Bernard F. Rolfe ◽  
Matthias Weiss

2018 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 15003 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.C. Meijers ◽  
A. Tsouvalas ◽  
A.V. Metrikine

Recent developments in the construction of offshore wind turbines have created the need for a method to detect whether a monopile foundation is plastically deformed during the installation procedure. Since measurements at the pile head are difficult to perform, a method based on measurements at a certain distance below the pile head is proposed in this work for quantification of the amount of plasticity. By considering a onedimensional rod model with an elastic-perfectly plastic constitutive relation, it is shown that the occurrence of plastic deformation caused by an impact load can be detected from these measurements. Furthermore, this plastic deformation can be quantified by the same measurement with the help of an energy balance. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated via a numerical example.


2000 ◽  
Vol 644 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.Q. Xing ◽  
T.C. Hufnagel ◽  
K.T. Ramesh

AbstractWe have studied plastic deformation, including “serrated flow,” of bulk metallic glasses under quasi-static uniaxial compression. The deformation response is essentially elastic-perfectly plastic, but the “plastic” deformation actually consists of sections of elastic loading separated by abrupt load drops. The load drops are due to the formation of shear bands, which represent the primary mechanism of plastic deformationIn Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Al bulk metallic glasses, fracture occurs after about 1-2% plastic strain, but in Zr-Ta-Cu-Ni-Al metallic glass the plastic strain to failure can be as large as 6-7%. The difference appears to be due a strong tendency for the shear bands in this alloy to branch. The branching presumably reduces the stress concentration on the shear bands, retarding the onset of fracture. No evidence is seen for the formation of crystalline phases in this alloy.


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