Plastic Zone Size at Sharp Indentation Contact of Classical Elastic–Plastic Materials: Behavior at Linear Strain Hardening

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 20160140 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-L. Larsson ◽  
E. Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Plastic Zone Size ◽  
Zone Size ◽  
Linear Strain ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Plastic Materials ◽  
Sharp Indentation ◽  
Elastic Plastic Materials ◽  
Materials Behavior

Plastic Zone Size at Sharp Indentation of Classical Elastic–Plastic Materials: Behavior at Ideally Plastic Hardening

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Lennart Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Plastic Zone Size ◽  
Zone Size ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Plastic Materials ◽  
Plastic Hardening ◽  
Sharp Indentation ◽  
Elastic Plastic Materials ◽  
Materials Behavior

Sharp indentation problems are examined based on finite element methods (FEMs) and self-similarity considerations. The analysis concerns classical elastic–plastic materials with low, or no, strain-hardening and especially the details of the behavior of the size of the plastic zone are at issue. The results are correlated using a single parameter, comprising both geometrical and mechanical properties, and compared with previously presented semi-analytical findings. The numerical analysis is restricted to cone indentation of elastic-ideally plastic materials.

scholarly journals A Methodology to Determine the Effective Plastic Zone Size Around Blunt V-Notches under Mixed Mode I/II Loading and Plane-Stress Conditions

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1042
Author(s):  
Ali Reza Torabi ◽  
Behnam Shahbazian ◽  
Mirmilad Mirsayar ◽  
Sergio Cicero
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Plane Stress ◽  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Ductile Failure ◽  
Plastic Zone Size ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Zone Size ◽  
Elastic Plastic

The determination of the ductile failure behavior in engineering components weakened by cracks and notches is greatly dependent on the estimation of the plastic zone size (PZS) and, particularly, the effective plastic zone size (EPZS). Usually, time-consuming complex elastic–plastic analyses are required for the determination of the EPZS. Such demanding procedures can be avoided by employing analytical methods and by taking advantage of linear elastic analyses. In this sense, this work proposed a methodology for determining the PZS around the tip of blunt V-notches subjected to mixed mode I/II loading and plane-stress conditions. With this aim, firstly, existing approximate mathematical expressions for the elastic stress field near round-tip V-notches reported in the literature are presented. Next, Irwin’s approach (fundamentally proposed for sharp cracks) and a yield criterion (von Mises or Tresca) were applied and are presented. With the aim of verifying the proposed methodology, elastic–plastic finite element analyses were performed on virtual AISI 304 steel V-notched specimens. It was shown that the analytical formulations presented cannot estimate the complete shape of the plastic zone. However, the EPZS, which is crucial for predicting the type of ductile failure in notched members, can be successfully estimated.

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