Plastic Deformation of a Solid Cylinder of Temperature Dependent Properties Subjected to Cyclic Loading
Abstract There are many practical instances of structural behaviors where the incremental increase of deformation occurs under cyclic loading, such as ratcheting in nuclear fuel element cans, incremental growth of pressure vessels or turbine cases, etc. This increase of deformation may lead to the failure of structure. For an incremental collapse to occur, it is necessary for different parts of the structure to yield at different stages of loading and unloading cycle. When the thermal loading is present, the properties of the material are temperature dependent. Accordingly the yielding occur at the earlier stage. The situation may get worse when the thermal loading is coupled with the mechanical one. This paper presents a quasi-static, uncoupled thermo-elastoplastic analysis based on incremental theory of plasticity. The behavior of a solid cylinder subjected to torsion and transient thermal loading for one cycle is investigated. The influence upon behavior of nonlinear-strain hardening in the material is investigated.