Strain nonuniformities and plastic instabilities

Strain nonuniformities and plastic instabilities

Self-organization of dislocation structures, slip line and band patterning, and macroscopic plastic instabilities are typical manifestations, at different scales of observation, of nonlinear cooperative phenomena. This general aspect is discussed with emphasis on the relations between the dynamic properties of dislocations, their collective behavior, the local plastic properties of a material a...

On some problems in plastic instabilities and strain localization (Moderator's Comment)

Continuum mechanics studies of plastic instabilities

2014 The continuum mechanics framevork for analyzing necking and shear band instabilities is discussed. The predicted onset of instability depends sensitively on the material’s constitutive characterization, not only through properties, such as strain hardening and strain rate sensitivity, that can be measured in proportional loading tests, but also through the material’s response to a change i...

Strain Elastic-plastic Theories

In a unified approach, the virtual work equations in rate form and in incremental forms are derived rigorously for elastic-plastic continuum subjected to large strains. T h e finite element p r d u r e s for the analyses of clastic-plastic solid b a d on Lee’s theory and the Green-Naghdi theory arc presented. Also, i t i s shown that transformations can be performed among the Eulerian, the Tota...

Elastoviscoplasticity with plastic strain memory

An elastoviscoplastic three-dimensional model is proposed in order to predict the response of brake discs for a High Speed Train (T.G.V.), which are subjected simultaneously to mechanical and thermal loadings. This elastoviscoplastic law is based on the internal thermodynamic variables and takes into account the non-linear kinematic and isotropic hardening with plastic strain memory effect. A m...