Effect of Cyclic Loading on the Yield Surface

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ellyin ◽  
K. W. Neale

The effect of repeated loading on the yield surface is investigated experimentally for an aluminum alloy. Initial yield surfaces under combined axial stress and torsion are first obtained, and yield surfaces subsequent to steady-state plastic response are then determined for various cyclic loading programs. The results suggest that the initial yield surface expands and translates under cyclic loading and that the form of the steady-state yield surface is independent of the stress ratio.

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-349
Author(s):  
K. W. Neale ◽  
Z. Nazli

The behavior of elastic-plastic plate and shell structures under repeated loading is considered. The typical problem is formulated in incremental or “rate” form, and a variational method is applied to furnish an approximate solution in a stepwise fashion. In the analysis, Ziegler’s model of kinematic hardening is adopted together with a generalization of Masing’s rule for multi-axial stress states in order to describe material response under cyclic loading. Examples of application of the analysis include cylindrical shells and circular plates subjected to cyclically varying loads. The accuracy of the approximate solution in each case is assessed through a comparison of numerical results with published experimental data for monotonic loading conditions.


1958 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-209
Author(s):  
P. M. Naghdi ◽  
F. Essenburg ◽  
W. Koff

Abstract Experimental results for twenty-five tubular specimens of a 24S-T-4 aluminum alloy, subjected to combined torsion-tension-reversed torsion, are reported in a study of the initial and two subsequent yield surfaces covering the first and the fourth quadrant of the axial stress-shear stress plane. Results are also given for two additional specimens subjected to tension followed by torsion, in order to compare the values of the initial shear modulus at the initiation of twist with the elastic shear modulus.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 7606
Author(s):  
Jan Štefan ◽  
Slavomír Parma ◽  
René Marek ◽  
Jiří Plešek ◽  
Constantin Ciocanel ◽  
...  

This paper develops an experimental technique to evaluate the initial yield surfaces of metallic materials, as well as to study their evolution during plastic flow. The experimental tracing of yield surfaces is necessary for deriving and calibrating more robust phenomenological models of directional distortional hardening. Such models can be used to characterize the behavior of structures experiencing complicated and demanding loading modes, such as multiaxial ratcheting. The experimental technique developed in this work uses thin-walled tubular specimens, along with a servo-hydraulic machine, under various modes of tension/compression and torque. Identification of the onset of plastic flow is based on a small proof equivalent plastic strain evaluated from the outputs of a contact biaxial extensometer firmly attached to a specimen surface. This allows for evaluation of both the initial yield surface, as well as theevolved yield surface after a plastic prestrain. Throughout a test, continuous and fully automatized evaluation of elastic moduli and proof plastic strain is assured through algorithms written in C# language. The current technique is shown to provide promising results to effectively capture the yield surfaces of conventional metallic materials.


1967 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Dudderar ◽  
J. Duffy

Tests were conducted to determine the effects of irradiation and plastic deformation on the yield surfaces of polycrystalline copper. It was found that the principal effect of plastic deformation on unirradiated copper was to translate the yield surface without appreciably changing its size or shape. Irradiation, on the other hand, produced a very large change in the overall size of the initial yield surface; in other words, it produced an effect phenomenologically similar to extensive isotropic strain-hardening. In addition, the shape of the initial yield surface after irradiation was dependent on the plastic strain offset chosen to define yield. This effect was not observed for the unirradiated metal. Extensive plastic deformation after irradiation caused the yield surface to translate and grow smaller without significantly changing shape.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Xigang Wang ◽  
Liling Jin ◽  
Yang Xing ◽  
Mingfu Fu

The subgrade of a road is subjected to cyclic loading and unloading under the action of traffic loads. To study this mechanical response, the plastic membership function was introduced into the modified Cambridge model, and thus, the fuzzy plastic Cambridge constitutive model was obtained. With the continuous evolution of the plastic membership function from 0 to 1, the fuzzy plastic Cambridge constitutive model continuously transitions the plastic properties inside and outside the initial yield surface. The evolution of the plastic membership function can replace the complex hardening law. The reliability of the model was verified using triaxial tests and simple cyclic loading and unloading tests. Using the finite element method, the mechanical response of the subgrade under cyclic loading was calculated. The fuzzy plastic Cambridge model can explain the insignificant yield characteristics of geotechnical media. In the fuzzy plasticity theory, the stress inside and outside the initial yield surface can produce plasticity. Absolute plasticity was not observed; only different degrees of plasticity existed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Alasgar Gulgazli ◽  
Ali Hikmat Ahmadov

The article considers the following two tasks. 1) Strength calculations are carried out for a long thin-walled cylinder, the ends of which are not closed during reloading. At the first loading, the thin-walled cylinder is stretched by a longitudinal force leading to longitudinal plastic deformations. When reloaded, the cylinder twists and at the same time uniform pressure acts from the inside. It is noted that, in particular, the shaft of wind generators is subjected to such loading. It is proved that the equation of the yield curve in the plane of the normal and tangential stresses of the stress space is an ellipse, whose semi axes are a function of the mechanical characteristics of the material and the residual stresses after the first loading. 2) We consider cyclic twisting with internal pressure of pre-stretched thin-walled cylinders. The yield surface equation is obtained for a thin-walled cylinder under repeated loading τ + p. which stretched upon first loading. It is proved that the yield surface equations also yield the fatigue surface equations if the yield stress σ_(T.) is replaced by the fatigue stress σ_(0.) Expressions are found for the number of cycles required for fatigue failure under an asymmetric loading cycle under repeated loading. It is proved that in order to increase the number of cycles required for fatigue fracture, during the first loading, when the material is strengthened due to plastic deformation, and with repeated cyclic loading, the same stress components must take place. It is proved that if during repeated loading the end of the loading path is inside the endurance surface, then the number of cycles required for fatigue failure in an asymmetric loading cycle tends to infinity. Keywords: Initial loading, reloading, cyclic loading, strength, fatigue failure, plastic deformation, residual stress, yield surface.


1974 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Dvorak ◽  
M. S. M. Rao ◽  
J. Q. Tarn

A numerical method is described for determination of generalized initial yield surfaces of unidirectional metal matrix composites under arbitrary external loads and uniform temperature changes. The method leads to the representation of the surface in a three-dimensional system of generalized stress coordinates which, respectively, coincide with the direction of the normal composite stress in the fiber direction, and with the two principal directions of the composite stresses acting in the transverse plane. The initial yield surface of the composite is an irregular ellipsoid with its longest axis inclined toward the hydrostatic stress axis. A thermomechanical analogy is used to show that as a result of a uniform temperature change, the yield surface experiences a rigid-body translation in the direction of the hydrostatic axis in the stress space. The initial yield behavior of a B-Al composite is described in detail. It is shown that microplastic yielding can take place in the composite under relatively small magnitudes of external loads, and hydrostatic stress, or as a result of moderate temperature changes.


1947 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. A147-A153
Author(s):  
W. R. Osgood

Abstract Combined-stress tests were made on five 24S-T aluminum-alloy tubes, 1 3/4 in. ID × 0.05 in. thick. The ratios of circumferential (hoop) stress to axial stress were 0, 1/2, 1, 2, and ∞. The tubes were tested to failure and sufficient measurements of circumferential strain and axial strain were taken to plot stress-strain curves almost up to rupture. The results are presented in the form of two sets of stress-strain curves for each ratio of stresses, namely, maximum shearing stress plotted against maximum shearing strain, and octahedral shearing stress plotted against octahedral shearing strain. In each plot the maximum deviation of the curves is about ± 5 per cent. A method of evaluating small octahedral shearing strains from the data is given which does not assume Poisson’s ratio to be 1/2.


2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Chatziioannou ◽  
Yuner Huang ◽  
Spyros A. Karamanos

Abstract This work investigates the response of industrial steel pipe elbows subjected to severe cyclic loading (e.g., seismic or shutdown/startup conditions), associated with the development of significant inelastic strain amplitudes of alternate sign, which may lead to low-cycle fatigue. To model this response, three cyclic-plasticity hardening models are employed for the numerical analysis of large-scale experiments on elbows reported elsewhere. The constitutive relations of the material model follow the context of von Mises cyclic elasto-plasticity, and the hardening models are implemented in a user subroutine, developed by the authors, which employs a robust numerical integration scheme, and is inserted in a general-purpose finite element software. The three hardening models are evaluated in terms of their ability to predict the strain range at critical locations, and in particular, strain accumulation over the load cycles, a phenomenon called “ratcheting.” The overall good comparison between numerical and experimental results demonstrates that the proposed numerical methodology can be used for simulating accurately the mechanical response of pipe elbows under severe inelastic repeated loading. Finally, this paper highlights some limitations of conventional hardening rules in simulating multi-axial material ratcheting.


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