Approximation Techniques for Impulsive Loading of Structures of Time Dependent Plastic Behavior with Finite Deflections.

Abstract

Methods for estimating plastic deflections of impulsively loaded structures are described with emphasis on methods for rate dependent behavior which can be extended to problems of finite deflections. Two approaches are described, namely deflection bounds and the mode approximation technique. A constitutive law of homogeneous viscous type is used since this simplifies both approaches and is conservative. The authors illustrate fitting this representation to test data for mild steel and titanium alloys. A discrete two-mass model is used to illustrate the basic ideas. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0786241

Entities

People

  • C. T. Chon
  • P. S. Symonds

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Deflection
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Alloys
  • Titanium Compounds

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Structural Dynamics.