DISCONTINUOUS YIELDING OF COMMERCIALLY PURE ALUMINUM,

Abstract

The discontinuous, repeated yielding of commercially pure aluminum under slowly applied dead weight loading is examined as a dynamic instability problem. The destabilizing factor is shown to be the negative slope of the flow stress-strain rate relation which, for aluminum, is a consequence of rapid strain ageing. The essentials of the phenomenon are illustrated by a dry friction model which incorporates a counterpart of strain hardening. More generalized models show the equivalent of progressive yielding over the specimen length and delayed yielding under incremental loading. A stepped stress-strain curve is derived from the experimental flow stress-strain rate relation which agrees well with the observations in dead weight loading tests. Additional experiments on an Instron testing machine were performed with variable machine flexibility and strain gage recording. These test results support the explanation of the origin of the stepped stress-strain curves. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0641990

Entities

People

  • A. Rosen
  • S. R. Bodner

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Friction
  • Gages
  • Hardening
  • Instability
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Observation
  • Physical Properties
  • Strain Gages
  • Strain Hardening
  • Strain Rate
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses

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  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
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  • Structural Dynamics.

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