A Reassessment of Deformation Theories of Plasticity

1959 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Bernard Budiansky

Abstract It is shown that deformation theories of plasticity may be used for a range of loading paths other than proportional loading without violation of general requirements for the physical soundness of a plasticity theory. The extent to which deviations from proportional loading are admissible on this basis is calculated quantitatively for the simple deformation theory of Nadai. It is shown that the lower the strain-hardening rate of the uniaxial stress-strain curve, the greater are the permissible deviations from proportional loading.

Author(s):  
Jiri Novak

We showed recently that temperature dependence of the ductile fracture toughness can be predicted on the base of two assumptions: 1) assumption of constant characteristic length, 2) assumption of proportionality between J-R curve slope and deformation work in unit volume, evaluated from zero to critical strain for initiation of deformation bands determined in plane strain geometry for material modeled by deformation theory of plasticity. Temperature dependence of ductile fracture toughness results simply from temperature dependence of the stress-strain curve. Irradiation hardening changes stress-strain behavior in a qualitatively different way: It is observed that irradiation hardening to certain yield stress level changes the stress-strain curve of the material in the same way as prestraining of the unirradiated material to the same flow stress level does. Equivalence of irradiation and prestraining concerns all key properties of deformation theory; namely the secant modulus should be taken from the stress-strain curve of unirradiated material. With exception of this specific feature, the task of finding relative fracture toughness decrease by irradiation is the same as prediction of relative decrease of fracture toughness by temperature change. In the frame of the corresponding theory, relative decrease of ductile fracture toughness expressed by J-R curve slope can be obtained from the stress-strain curve of unirradiated material and irradiation hardening level. Quantitative results are presented for the weld metals 72W and 73W, studied in the Fifth Irradiation Series in the Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation Program, and compared with experimental data.


2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 599-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. P Huang

The basic autofrettage theory assumes elastic-perfectly plastic behaviour. Because of the Bauschinger effect and strain-hardening, most materials do not display elastic-perfectly plastic properties and consequently various autofrettage models are based on different simplified material strain-hardening models, which assume linear strain-hardening or power strain-hardening or a combination of these strain-hardening models. This approach gives a more accurate prediction than the elastic-perfectly plastic model and is suitable for different strain-hardening materials. In this paper, a general autofrettage model that incorporates the material strain-hardening relationship and the Bauschinger effect, based upon the actual tensile-compressive stress-strain curve of a material is proposed. The model incorporates the von Mises yield criterion, an incompressible material, and the plane strain condition. Analytic expressions for the residual stress distribution have been derived. Experimental results show that the present model has a stronger curve-fitting ability and gives a more accurate prediction. Several other models are shown to be special cases of the general model presented in this paper. The parameters needed in the model are determined by fitting the actual tensile-compressive curve of the material, and the maximum strain of this curve should closely represent the maximum equivalent strain at the inner surface of the cylinder under maximum autofrettage pressure.


2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-174
Author(s):  
O. Ifedi ◽  
Q. M. Li ◽  
Y. B. Lu

In plasticity theory, the effective stress–strain curve of a metal is independent of the loading path. The simplest loading path to obtain the effective stress–strain curve is a uniaxial tensile test. In order to demonstrate in a plasticity laboratory that the stress–strain curve is independent of the loading path, the hydrostatic bulge test has been used to provide a balanced biaxial tensile stress state. In our plasticity laboratory we compared several different theories for the hydrostatic bulge test for the determination of the effective stress–strain curve for two representative metals, brass and aluminium alloy. Finite element analysis (FEA) was performed based on the uniaxial tension test data. It was shown that the effective stress–strain curve obtained from the biaxial tensile test (hydrostatic bulge test) had a good correlation with that obtained in the uniaxial tensile test and agreed well with the analytical and FEA results. This paper may be used to support an experimental and numerical laboratory in teaching the concepts of effective stress and strain in plasticity theory.


1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 704-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Babich ◽  
V. A. Pirogov ◽  
I. A. Vakulenko

Author(s):  
James D. Hart ◽  
Nasir Zulfiqar ◽  
Joe Zhou

Buried pipelines can be exposed to displacement-controlled environmental loadings (such as landslides, earthquake fault movements, etc.) which impose deformation demands on the pipeline. When analyzing pipelines for these load scenarios, the deformation demands are typically characterized based on the curvature and/or the longitudinal tension and compression strain response of the pipe. The term “strain demand” is used herein to characterize the calculated longitudinal strain response of a pipeline subject to environmentally-induced deformation demands. The shape of the pipe steel stress-strain relationship can have a significant effect on the pipe strain demands computed using pipeline deformation analyses for displacement-controlled loading conditions. In general, with sufficient levels of imposed deformation demand, a pipe steel stress-strain curve with a relatively abrupt or “sharp” elastic-to-plastic transition will tend to lead to larger strain demands than a stress-strain curve with a relatively rounded elastic-to-plastic transition. Similarly, a stress-strain curve with relatively low strain hardening modulus characteristics will tend to lead to larger strain demands than a stress-strain curve with relatively high strain hardening modulus characteristics. High strength UOE pipe can exhibit significant levels of anisotropy (i.e., the shapes of the stress-strain relationships in the longitudinal tension/compression and hoop tension/compression directions can be significantly different). To the extent that the stress-strain curves in the different directions can have unfavorable shape characteristics, it follows that anisotropy can also play an important role in pipeline strain demand evaluations. This paper summarizes a pipeline industry research project aimed at evaluation of the effects of anisotropy and the shape of pipe steel stress-strain relationships on pipeline strain demand for X80 and X100 UOE pipe. The research included: a review of pipeline industry literature on the subject matter; a discussion of pipe steel plasticity concepts for UOE pipe; characterization of the anisotropy and stress-strain curve shapes for both conventional and high strain pipe steels; development of representative analytical X80 and X100 stress-strain relationships; and evaluation of a large matrix of ground-movement induced pipeline deformation scenarios to evaluate key pipe stress-strain relationship shape and anisotropy parameters. The main conclusion from this work is that pipe steel specifications for high strength UOE pipe for strain-based design applications should be supplemented to consider shape-characterizing parameters such as the plastic complementary energy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Hua Qian Ang

The tensile deformation behaviour of magnesium alloy AE44 (Mg-4Al-4RE) under strain rates ranging from 10-6 to 10-1 s-1 has been investigated. Present study shows that the deformation mode begins with the activation of elastic (Stage 1), followed by <a> basal slip and twinning (Stage 2), <a> prismatic slip (Stage 3) and finally to <c+a> pyramidal slip (Stage 4). The commencement of these deformation mechanisms results in four distinct stages of strain hardening in the stress-strain curve. In this work, the four stages of deformation behaviour are modelled, and an empirical equation is proposed to predict the entire stress-strain curve. Overall, the model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data. This study on the decomposition of stress-strain curve into four stages provides insights into the contribution of individual deformation mechanism to the overall deformation behaviour and opens a new way to assess mechanical properties of die-cast magnesium alloys.


2014 ◽  
Vol 597 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Ikuo Ihara ◽  
Kohei Ohtsuki ◽  
Iwao Matsuya

A nanoindentation technique with a spherical indenter of tip radius 10 μm is applied to the evaluation of stress-strain curve at a local area of a pure iron under the uniaxial compressive stress exerted through the iron, and the influence of the compressive stress on the estimated stress-strain curve has been examined. A continuous multiple loading method is employed to determine the stress-strain curve. In the method, a set of 21 times of loading/unloading sequences with increasing terminal load are made and load-displacement curves with the different terminal loads from 0.1 mN to 100 mN are then continuously obtained and converted to a stress-strain curve. To examine the stress dependence of the stress-strain curve, the estimation by the nanoindentetion is performed under different uniaxial compressive stresses up to 250 MPa. It has been found that the stress-strain curve determined by the nanoindentation shifts upward as the compressive stress increases and the quantity of the shift is almost equal to the uniaxial stress acting on the iron specimen. It is also noted that the yield stress (0.2 % proof stress) estimated from the stress-strain curve increases almost proportionally to the uniaxial stress and the increase ratio tends to decrease as the stress reaches around 200 MPa.


1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 286-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
P W J Oldroyd

A formula—Nadai's bending formula—is derived which enables the tension (or compression) stress-strain curve for a material to be obtained from the curve relating bending moment to curvature for a beam of solid rectangular section. The method is extended to give a formula which covers deformations in which reversals of plastic strain occur. The results obtained from a unidirectional bending test made on annealed copper are compared with those obtained from a tensile test made on the same material and the accuracy of the stress-strain values obtained from the bending test is discussed. The results obtained from a reversed bending test are also compared with those obtained from a tension-compression test in which a specimen was first stretched and then compressed to its original length. The limitations imposed by this method of obtaining the stress-strain curve for a material are examined and the advantages its presents in the study of the behaviour of materials under uniaxial stress are outlined.


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