Analysis of Creep Strains and Stress Relaxation in Thin-Walled Tubular Members Made of Linear Viscoelastic Materials. 1. Superposition of Shear and Volume Creep

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-169
Author(s):  
V. P. Golub ◽  
Ya. V. Pavlyuk ◽  
V. S. Reznik
Author(s):  
Y. V. Pavlyuk

The relaxation of isotropic homogeneous and non-aging linear-viscoelastic materials under conditions of complex stress state is considered. Thin-walled tubular specimens of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) for creep under a single-axial stretching, with a pure twist and combined load tension and torsion are considered as base experiments, tests. The solution is obtained by generalizing the initial one-dimensional viscoelasticity model to a complex stressed state, constructed using the hypothesis of the proportionality of deviators. The heredity kernels are given by the Rabotnov’s fractional-exponential function. The dependence between the kernels of intensity and volumetric creep is established, which determine the scalar properties of linear viscoelastic materials in the conditions of a complex stressed state in the defining equations of the type of equations of small elastic-plastic deformations, and the kernels of longitudinal and transverse creep defining the hereditary properties of linear-viscoelastic materials under the conditions of the uniaxial tension. The problems of stress relaxation calculation of thin walled tubes under combined tension with torsion have been solved and experimentally approved.


2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (17n18) ◽  
pp. 2655-2661
Author(s):  
W. H. LI ◽  
G. CHEN ◽  
S. H. YEO ◽  
H. DU

In this paper, the experimental and modeling study and analysis of the stress relaxation characteristics of magnetorheological (MR) fluids under step shear are presented. The experiments are carried out using a rheometer with parallel-plate geometry. The applied strain varies from 0.01% to 100%, covering both the pre-yield and post-yield regimes. The effects of step strain, field strength, and temperature on the stress modulus are addressed. For small step strain ranges, the stress relaxation modulus G(t,γ) is independent of step strain, where MR fluids behave as linear viscoelastic solids. For large step strain ranges, the stress relaxation modulus decreases gradually with increasing step strain. Morever, the stress relaxation modulus G(t,γ) was found to obey time-strain factorability. That is, G(t,γ) can be represented as the product of a linear stress relaxation G(t) and a strain-dependent damping function h(γ). The linear stress relaxation modulus is represented as a three-parameter solid viscoelastic model, and the damping function h(γ) has a sigmoidal form with two parameters. The comparison between the experimental results and the model-predicted values indicates that this model can accurately describe the relaxation behavior of MR fluids under step strains.


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