On the Nature of Normality of Plastic Strain Rate and Convexity of Yield Surfaces in Plasticity

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Naghdi ◽  
J. A. Trapp

Within the scope of the purely mechanical theory of plasticity, in a previous paper we have derived two inequalities which place restrictions on the constitutive equation for the rate of plastic strain in a finitely deformed elastic-plastic material. Here we take up the matter further, elaborate on the nature of the previously derived restrictions and obtain some additional results pertaining to the normality of the plastic strain rate and convexity of yield surfaces. Although in the main our discussions are carried out in the context of finite deformation, the nature of the restrictions for infinitesimal deformation is also examined. A special case of an elastic-plastic material in which the stress response is characterized by the stress rate and that of a rigid-plastic material are given detailed attention.

1997 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Karagiozova ◽  
N. Jones

The phenomenon of dynamic buckling is examined when the influence of material strain-rate sensitivity is retained in the basic equations for a simple elastic-plastic model with linear strain hardening when subjected to an impact by a mass. Two approaches are proposed for taking into account the material strain-rate effects and both use the Cowper-Symonds constitutive equation. The critical impact velocities depend on the impact mass and are determined for a wholly elastic material, a strain-rate insensitive elastic-plastic material and an elastic-plastic material with a dynamic yield force together with linear or nonlinear hardening due to the strain-rate effects. The results obtained show that both strain-rate sensitive models predict impact velocities which are higher than those predicted by the strain-rate insensitive idealization and that the influence of any initial imperfections is important for the three material models considered.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Xia ◽  
F. Ellyin

Constant strain-rate plastic straining followed by creep tests were conducted to investigate the effect of prior plastic straining on the subsequent creep behavior of 304 stainless steel at room temperature. The effects of plastic strain and plastic strain-rate were delineated by a specially designed test procedure, and it is found that both factors have a strong influence on the subsequent creep deformation. A creep model combining the two factors is then developed. The predictions of the model are in good agreement with the test results.


Author(s):  
Yongjian Gao ◽  
Yinbiao He ◽  
Ming Cao ◽  
Yuebing Li ◽  
Shiyi Bao ◽  
...  

In-Vessel Retention (IVR) is one of the most important severe accident mitigation strategies of the third generation passive Nuclear Power Plants (NPP). It is intended to demonstrate that in the case of a core melt, the structural integrity of the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) is assured such that there is no leakage of radioactive debris from the RPV. This paper studied the IVR issue using Finite Element Analyses (FEA). Firstly, the tension and creep testing for the SA-508 Gr.3 Cl.1 material in the temperature range of 25°C to 1000°C were performed. Secondly, a FEA model of the RPV lower head was built. Based on the assumption of ideally elastic-plastic material properties derived from the tension testing data, limit analyses were performed under both the thermal and the thermal plus pressure loading conditions where the load bearing capacity was investigated by tracking the propagation of plastic region as a function of pressure increment. Finally, the ideal elastic-plastic material properties incorporating the creep effect are developed from the 100hr isochronous stress-strain curves, limit analyses are carried out as the second step above. The allowable pressures at 0 hr and 100 hr are obtained. This research provides an alternative approach for the structural integrity evaluation for RPV under IVR condition.


2013 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 616-620
Author(s):  
Shuai Huang ◽  
Huang Yuan

Computational simulations of indentations in elastic-plastic materials showed overestimate in determining elastic modulus using the Oliver & Pharr’s method. Deviations significantly increase with decreasing material hardening. Based on extensive finite element computations the correlation between elastic-plastic material property and indentation has been carried out. A modified method was introduced for estimating elastic modulus from dimensional analysis associated with indentation data. Experimental verifications confirm that the new method produces more accurate prediction of elastic modulus than the Oliver & Pharr’s method.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Hirano ◽  
Masao Sakane ◽  
Naomi Hamada

This paper describes the relationship between Rockwell C hardness and elastic-plastic material constants by using finite element analyses. Finite element Rockwell C hardness analyses were carried out to study the effects of friction coefficient and elastic-plastic material constants on the hardness. The friction coefficient and Young’s modulus had no influence on the hardness but the inelastic materials constants, yield stress, and strain hardening coefficient and exponent, had a significant influence on the hardness. A new equation for predicting the hardness was proposed as a function of yield stress and strain hardening coefficient and exponent. The equation evaluated the hardness within a ±5% difference for all the finite element and experimental results. The critical thickness of specimen and critical distance from specimen edge in the hardness testing was also discussed in connection with JIS and ISO standards.


Author(s):  
T X Yu ◽  
W Johnson ◽  
W J Stronge

Shallow spheroidal shell segments have been press formed from rectangular plates by stamping between a die and matching punch that have two degrees of curvature. Experiments on mild steel, copper and aluminium plates that were not clamped in the die have measured the punch force, contact regions and final curvature distribution; and have observed plate buckling for a range of die curvature ratios and plate sizes. An analysis based on a rigid/plastic material idealization and decoupled in-plane forces and bending moments has been correlated with these experiments. The sequence of deformation modes has been identified; initially these are bending but in later stages, in-plane forces predominate.


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