In this paper, the effect of various parameters on out-of-phase thermo-mechanical fatigue (OP-TMF) lifetime of A356.0 cast aluminum alloy is investigated. The studied parameters include maximum temperature, dwell time, and the thermo-mechanical loading factor. OP-TMF tests are conducted considering realistic running conditions of diesel engine cylinder heads. The maximum temperature varies betw...

determination of critical points on hot stress-strain curve of metals is crucial in thermo-mechanical processes design. in this investigation a mathematical modeling is given to illustrate the behavior of metal during hot deformation processes such as hot rolling. the critical strain for the onset of dynamic recrystallization has been obtained as a function of strain at the maximum stress. in a...

In this paper the studies of the two-phase super Plasticity stainless steels is studied. The aim of this study obtained the suitable criteria to thermo-mechanical treatment condition for decrease the microstructure (grain size) and super plasticity property in two-phase stainless steels. Also here we want to show the appropriate ranges of temperature and strain rate used in the process super pl...

The present work shows the material flow analysis in indentation by the numerical two dimensional Finite Elements (FEM) method and the experimental two-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (DIC) method. To achieve deep indentation without cracking, a ductile material, 99% tin, is used. The results obtained from the DIC technique depend predominantly on the pattern conferred to the samples. Due...

A simple procedure to formulate efficient and stable hybrid/mixed finite elements is developed, for applications in macroas well as micromechanics. In this method, the strain and displacement field are independently assumed. Instead of using two-field variational principles to enforce both equilibrium and compatibility conditions in a variational sense, the independently assumed element strains...

We present a stabilized finite element method for the Hu-Washizu formulation of linear elasticity based on simplicial meshes leading to the stabilized nodal strain formulation or node-based uniform strain elements. We show that the finite element approximation converges uniformly to the exact solution for the nearly incompressible case.

The concept of representative crack elements has been successfully introduced to phase-field fracture in previous publications, where anisotropic elasticity [1], visco-elasticity [2], elasto-plasticity and surface friction [3] are considered at small deformations. This framework allows overcome unrealistic predictions for the kinematics, reported e.g. Strobl Seelig [4], Steinke Kaliske [5], kno...