Papers by Keyword: Back Stress

Abstract: The threshold shear strain is a fundamental property of the soil behavior subjected to cyclic loading. Starting from the unloading and reloading hysteretic curves of dynamic Ramberg-Osgood model, construct small-strain dynamic dissipation function and explain small-strain dynamic characteristics by use of the skeleton curve back stress assumption. The plotting results of yield curves in true stress space indicate that there exist two threshold shear strains which are defined as the first threshold shear strain and the second threshold shear strain respectively which represent boundaries between fundamentally different dynamic characteristics of cyclic soil behavior. The yields of soil are controlled by the constant friction coefficient, the variable friction coefficient and dilatancy-related microstructural changes respectively. Both the first threshold shear strain and the second threshold shear strain do depend significantly on the maximum dynamic shear modulus coefficient and exponent. Comparison between the two threshold shear strain values and shear modulus reduction curves obtained on exactly the same soils confirms that the soil behavior is considerably at nonlinear at , the secant shear modulus, Gs, of the four soils studied is between 0.6 and 0.8 of its maximum value.

Abstract: The low cycle fatigue behaviors of TI-6AL-4V alloy controlled by strain were investigated by experiment. The fatigue tests were performed at room temperature, and cyclic strain and stress ratio are 0.1 with triangle load wave. The results show that TI-6AL-4V alloy is soften rapidly under the cyclic tensile stresses and it is harden rapidly under the cyclic compressive stresses during the initial-stage of strain controlled fatigue, and the rates of cyclic soften and cyclic harden are decreased with the fatigue progress. The soften rate is related to the cyclic strain but little to the cyclic stress during the overall fatigue progress. The change of cyclic stress is related to the macro friction stresses. The results of experiment show that obvious cyclic creep occurs under the stress controlled low cycle fatigue conditions, and the magnitude of cyclic creep strain is related to the maximum cyclic stress. The softening of tensile friction stresses is the main factor of cyclic creep.

Abstract: In our recent work, a new integrated model was proposed to describe the back-stress evolution based on the dislocation substructure and texture. By relating the back-stress to the dislocation density in cell walls and in the cell interior, this model is able to capture the back-stress evolution of ECAP processed pure aluminium. In this paper, the model is used for another FCC material, namely copper. The aim is to check whether this model is able to predict the tension/compression asymmetry (due to the back-stress) of copper. The results show that this is indeed the case and it is also found that the strain rate ratio proposed in our previous work [1] is a function of the dislocation density ratio.

Abstract: The work hardening behavior of an Al-3Cu-0.05Sn (wt %) alloy was studied using tensile tests and Bauschinger tests. Emphasis is placed on the influence of the precipitation state (number density, size distribution and volume fraction) and separating the isotropic and kinematic components of the work hardening.