A new monolithic solution scheme for thermo-elasto-plasticity and thermo-elasto-plastic frictional contact with finite deformations and finite strains is presented. A key feature is the reformulation of all involved inequality constraints, namely those of Hill’s orthotropic yield criterion as well as the normal and tangential contact constraints, in terms of non-smooth nonlinear complementarity...

Exploding wires are widely used in many experimental setups and pulsed power systems. However, many aspects of the process of wire fragmentation still remain unclear. If the current density is not too high, the wire may break up in the solid state. The experiments have shown that the wires break in tension due to longitudinal forces of unknown nature. In a series of papers, see [2, 3, 4, 5] Gra...

in saturated soils, heating induces thermal expansion of both grains and the pore fluid. lower thermal expansion coefficient of aggregates results in the increase of pore pressure and reduction of the effective stress besides subsequent volume changes due to the dissipation of pore pressure and heat transfer. dissipation of thermally induced pore pressure with time is a coupled thermo-hydro-mec...

Motywacją do badań nad równaniami opisującymi odkształcenia termo-lepko-sprężyste jest potrzeba lepszego opisu procesów zachodzących w różnych materiałach oraz zbudowania lepszych modeli ich zachowania pod wpływem działania sił zewnętrznych. Wraz z rozwojem techniki zdobywamy głębszą wiedzę na temat różnych tworzyw. Pozwala nam to na tworzenie coraz bardziej poprawnych modeli opisujących zachow...

Abstract In this contribution, a model for the thermomechanically coupled behaviour of case hardening steel is introduced with application to 16MnCr5 (1.7131). The based on decomposition free energy into thermo-elastic and plastic part. Associated viscoplasticity, in terms temperature-depenent Perzyna-type power law, combination an isotropic von Mises yield function takes respect strain-rate de...

A computational thermo-mechanical model has been developed to simulate the continuous casting of shaped sections, such as used for thin steel slabs. A general form of the transient heat equation including latent-heat from phase transformations such as solidification and other temperature-dependent properties is solved numerically for the temperature field history. The resulting thermal stresses...

Original scientific paper Hot rolling of CuZn27Al4 shape memory alloy results in the forming of defects in austenitic crystals. The defects such as dislocation and deformed boundaries of austenitic grains affect both "classical" material properties and the specific properties related to shape memory. Rolled and quenched alloy (ausforming treatment) shows hardening proportional to the value of i...

We revisit an early example of a nonlinear oscillator that exhibits chaotic motions when subjected to periodic excitation: the magneto-elastically buckled beam. In the paper of Moons and Holmes (1980) [1] magnetic field calculations were outlined but not carried through; instead the nonlinear forces responsible for creation of a two-well potential and buckling were fitted to a polynomial functi...

This paper describes an experimental study of stress-induced martensitic phase transformation in the SMA Nickel-Titanium. The rich local thermo-mechanical interactions that underlie transformation are examined using three-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (strain fields) and infrared imaging (thermal fields). We quantify the complex local interactions between released/absorbed latent heat a...

The outstanding properties of selected soft magnetic materials make them successful candidates for building high performance sensors. In this paper we present our recent work regarding different sensing technologies based on the coupling of the magnetic properties of soft magnetic materials with their electric or elastic properties. In first place we report the influence on the magneto-impedanc...