Tuesday, June 5, 2012

1102.5271 (Milan Jirásek et al.)

Localization analysis of variationally based gradient plasticity model    [PDF]

Milan Jirásek, Ondřej Rokoš, Jan Zeman
The paper presents analytical or semi-analytical solutions for the formation and evolution of localized plastic zone in a uniaxially loaded bar with variable cross-sectional area. A variationally based formulation of explicit gradient plasticity with linear softening is used, and the ensuing jump conditions and boundary conditions are discussed. Three cases with different regularity of the stress distribution are considered, and the problem is converted to a dimensionless form. Relations linking the load level, size of the plastic zone, distribution of plastic strain and plastic elongation of the bar are derived and compared to another, previously analyzed gradient formulation.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.5271

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