A Theory of Thermoviscoplasticity Based on Infinitesimal Total Strain.
Abstract
A theory of three-dimensional infinitesimal isotropic thermoviscoplasticity is proposed and investigated in several homogeneous deformations. The theory is represented by both a mechnical constitutive equation and a constitutive assumption for the heat equation; these equations are separately postulated but are coupled through their common linear dependence upon the stress rate and strain rate tensors and the time rate of temperature change, and through their common nonlinear dependence upon the stress and strain tensors and the absolute temperature. Throughout this theory total strain is used and the strain tensor is not decomposed into a sum of elastic and inelastic contributions. The concept of the yield surface is not employed and the transition from initially linear thermoelastic behavior to nonlinear inelastic behavior is continuous.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA069597
Entities
People
- E. Krempl
- E. P. Cernocky
Organizations
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute