Experimental Study of Inelastic Stress Concentration around a Circular Notch.

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to determine whether energy-density relations can be used to predict elastic-plastic stresses and strains near a circular notch for 7075-T6 aluminum alloys and ARALL 4 composites. The loading conditions were tension and four-point bending. Glinka and Neuber have developed relations that predict local inelastic strain response based on the stress-strain solution for small plastic zone sizes. It has been shown that these relations are appropriate for simple tension and in-plane bending, where stress and strain are uniform through the thickness. This study investigates the application of the Glinka and Neuber relations to samples where stress/strain is not constant though the thickness. Nonconstant stress/strain are the result of out-of-plane bending and laminate characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA311644

Entities

People

  • Kenneth S. Long

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Bending Stress
  • Composite Materials
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Stress Concentration
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Tensile Strength
  • Tensile Testing
  • Test Methods

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