EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF CANTILEVER BEAMS SUBJECTED TO IMPULSIVE LOADING

Abstract

The experimental techniques and the results obtained in a program to evaluate the assumptions of dynamic rigid plastic theory of beams are presented. The experiments used steel and aluminum alloy cantilever beams subjected to either a rapid velocity change at the base or to an impulsive load at the tip. A rigid plastic theory that includes the strain rate dependence of the yield stress and geometry changes is outlined for the case of the tip impulsive loading. The predictions of this theory are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental results. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0260334

Entities

People

  • P.s. Symonds
  • S.r. Bodner

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Cantilever Beams
  • Geometry
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Strain Rate

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  • Structural Dynamics.