Formulations for Rate Independent Cyclic Single Crystal Plasticity (PREPRINT)

Abstract

There is a need for accurate descriptions of the mechanical state of single crystal materials blades in gas turbine engines. These components are subject to such extreme temperatures and stresses that life prediction becomes highly inaccurate resulting in components that can only be shown to meet their requirements through experience. To help reduce this inadequacy in current design systems we have developed a thermo-viscoplastic constitutive model for single crystal materials. Our formulation additively decomposes the inelastic strain rate into components along the octahedral and cubic slip planes. Each of these is further additively decomposed into a time dependent creep component and a time independent plastic component. The strain rates are then incorporated into a large strain formulation. We formulate two robust and computationally efficient rate-independent crystal plasticity formulations. The transient variation of each of the plastic components includes a back stress for kinematic hardening and latent hardening parameters to include the increase of the stress with inelastic strain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA522041

Entities

People

  • Alexander Staroselsky
  • Brice N. Cassenti

Organizations

  • Pratt & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Climate Change
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystals
  • Elastic Properties
  • Gas Turbines
  • Hardening
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Plastic Properties
  • Single Crystals
  • Strain Rate
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.