Redundant Trusses of Elastic-Strain-Hardening Material

1958 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-238
Author(s):  
Hans Ziegler

Abstract W. Prager has given a geometric method for the determination of the load-carrying capacity of a redundant truss consisting of elastic, perfectly plastic bars. In the present paper this method is generalized for trusses consisting of elastic-strain-hardening bars with given limit loads in tension and compression.

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Paul C. Xirouchakis

The solution is presented for an infinite elastic-softening floating beam under a point load. The response depends on two nondimensional parameters: the negative stiffness coefficient that characterizes the descending part of the moment-curvature curve, and the nondimensional softening region half-length. The solution exhibits two important features that the elastic-perfectly plastic solution does not show. First, in certain ranges of parameters, the elastic-softening beam has a clearly defined maximum load carrying capacity. Second, in some other ranges of parameters, the elastic-softening beam has a minimum load or residual strength. The beam stiffens up upon further deformation due to the reactions of the water foundation. Critical softening parameters are calculated that separate stable from unstable behavior.


2013 ◽  
Vol 742 ◽  
pp. 70-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Ni Su ◽  
Ben Young ◽  
Leroy Gardner

Aluminium alloys are nonlinear metallic materials with continuous stress-strain curves that are not well represented by the simplified elastic, perfectly plastic material model used in many current design specifications. Departing from current practice, the continuous strength method (CSM) is a recently proposed design approach for non-slender aluminium alloy structures with consideration of strain hardening. The CSM is deformation based and employs a base curve to define a continuous relationship between cross-section slenderness and deformation capacity. This paper explains the background and the two key components - (1) the base curve and (2) the strain hardening material model of the continuous strength method. More than 500 test results are used to verify the continuous strength methodas an accurate and consistent design method for aluminium alloy structures.


2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Reddy Gudimetla ◽  
R. Adibi-Asl ◽  
R. Seshadri

In this paper, a method for determining limit loads in the components or structures by incorporating strain hardening effects is presented. This has been done by including a certain amount of the strain hardening into limit load analysis, which normally idealizes the material to be elastic perfectly plastic. Typical strain hardening curves such as bilinear hardening and Ramberg–Osgood material models are investigated. This paper also focuses on the plastic reference volume correction concept to determine the active volume participating in plastic collapse. The reference volume concept in combination with mα-tangent method is used to estimate lower-bound limit loads of different components. Lower-bound limit loads obtained compare well with the nonlinear finite element analysis results for several typical configurations with/without crack.


2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Mahmood ◽  
R. Adibi-Asl ◽  
C. G. Daley

Simplified limit analysis techniques have already been employed for limit load estimation on the basis of linear elastic finite element analysis (FEA) assuming elastic-perfectly-plastic material model. Due to strain hardening, a component or a structure can store supplementary strain energy and hence carries additional load. In this paper, an iterative elastic modulus adjustment scheme is developed in context of strain hardening material model utilizing the “strain energy density” theory. The proposed algorithm is then programmed into repeated elastic FEA and results from the numerical examples are compared with inelastic FEA results.


2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashem M. Mourad ◽  
Maher Y. A. Younan

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of modeling parameters on the determination of limit loads for standalone pipe bends, subjected to an out-of-plane end moment and internal pressure. A pipe bend, with bend factor h=0.1615, is modeled and analyzed using the nonlinear finite element code ABAQUS. Small and large-displacement analyses are performed with elastic-perfectly plastic and strain-hardening material models. Small-displacement analyses fail to predict the stiffening effect of pressure and give a continuously decaying limit load with increased pressure. Material strain hardening gives a higher limit load than perfectly plastic materials. In the large-displacement analysis with a strain-hardening material, the limit moment levels off as the pressure increases, and does not decrease as in the case of a perfectly plastic material. [S0094-9930(00)00804-0]


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Eddine Laghzale ◽  
Abdel-Hakim Bouzid

The mechanism of failure of tube-to-tubesheet joints is related to the level of stresses produced in the tube expansion and transition zones during the expansion process. Maintaining a lower bound limit of the initial residual contact pressure over the lifetime of the expanded joint is a key solution to a leak free joint. An accurate model that estimates these stresses can be a useful tool to the design engineer to select the proper material geometry combination in conjunction with the required expansion pressure. Most existing design calculations are based on an elastic perfectly plastic behavior of the expansion joint materials. The proposed model is based on a strain hardening with a bilinear material behavior of the tube and the tubesheet. The interaction of these two components is simulated during the whole process of the application of the expansion pressure. The effects of the gap and the material strain hardening are to be emphasized. The model results are validated and confronted against the more accurate numerical finite element analysis models. Additional comparisons have been made to existing methods.


Author(s):  
Nor Eddine Laghzale ◽  
Abdel-Hakim Bouzid

The mechanism of failure of tube-to-tubesheet joints is related to the level of stresses produced in the tube expansion and transition zones during the expansion process. Maintaining a lower bound limit of the initial residual contact pressure over the lifetime of the expanded joint is a key solution to a leak free joint. An accurate model that estimates these stresses can be a useful tool to the design engineer to select the proper material geometry combination in conjunction with the required expansion pressure. Most existing design calculations are based on an elastic perfectly plastic behavior of the expansion joint materials. The proposed model is based on a strain hardening with a bilinear material behavior of the tube and the tubesheet. The interaction of these two components is simulated during the whole process of the application of the expansion pressure. The effects of the gap and the material strain hardening will be emphasized. The model results are validated and confronted against the more accurate numerical FEA models. Additional comparisons have been made to existing methods.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 155892502110203
Author(s):  
Mohammad Iqbal Khan ◽  
Galal Fares ◽  
Yassir Mohammed Abbas ◽  
Wasim Abbass ◽  
Sardar Umer Sial

Strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) have recently been developed as repair materials for the improvement of crack control and strength of flexural members. This work focuses on strengthening and flexural enhancement using SHCC layer in tensile regions of flexural members under three different curing conditions. The curing conditions simulate the effect of different environmental conditions prevailing in the central and coastal regions of the Arabian Peninsula on the properties of SHCC as a retrofitting material. In this investigation, beams with SHCC layer were compared to control beams. The beams with SHCC layer of 50-mm thickness were cast. The results revealed that the flexural behavior and the load-carrying capacity of the normal concrete beam specimens under hot and dry environmental conditions were significantly reduced, lowering the ductility of the section. However, compressive strength is comparatively unaffected. Similarly, the hot curing conditions have also led to a notable reduction in the loading capacity of the beam with SHCC layer with a slight effect on its stiffness. On the other hand, steam-curing conditions have shown improvement in load-carrying capacity and a reduction in section ductility of the beam with SHCC layer. It was found that the structural unit retrofitted with SHCC layer was a curing-regime dependent as the tensile and strain-hardening properties of SHCC are highly sensitive to the alteration in the cement hydration process. A normal curing regime was found effective and satisfying the practical, cost, and performance requirements. Accordingly, a normal curing regime could be implemented to retrofit reinforced concrete (RC) beams with SHCC layers as recommended in the study.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3013
Author(s):  
Leszek Czechowski

The paper deals with an examination of the behaviour of glued Ti-Al column under compression at elevated temperature. The tests of compressed columns with initial load were performed at different temperatures to obtain their characteristics and the load-carrying capacity. The deformations of columns during tests were registered by employing non-contact Digital Image Correlation Aramis® System. The numerical computations based on finite element method by using two different discrete models were carried out to validate the empirical results. To solve the problems, true stress-logarithmic strain curves of one-directional tensile tests dependent on temperature both for considered metals and glue were implemented to software. Numerical estimations based on Green–Lagrange equations for large deflections and strains were conducted. The paper reveals the influence of temperature on the behaviour of compressed C-profile Ti-Al columns. It was verified how the load-carrying capacity of glued bi-metal column decreases with an increase in the temperature increment. The achieved maximum loads at temperature 200 °C dropped by 2.5 times related to maximum loads at ambient temperature.


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