Abstract
A non-local variational model for the evolution of plastic deformation and fracture in tensile bars is proposed. The model is based on an energy functional, sum of an elastic bulk energy, a non-convex dissipative inelastic energy, and a quadratic non-local gradient term, as in (Del Piero et al. in J. Mech. Mater. Struct. 8(2–4):109–151, 2013). The non-local energy is enriched, by assuming a dependence on both the inelastic deformation and its gradient, in order to improve the description of fracture, and bars with varying cross-section are considered, to accurately reproduce the geometry of samples which are commonly used in tensile tests. The evolution of the deformation is described by a two-field incremental minimization problem, where the longitudinal displacement and the plastic part of the deformation are assumed as independent variables. The problem is discretized by finite elements, and the resulting sequence of constrained quadratic programming problems is solved numerically.
Different simulations are proposed, reproducing the results of experiments on smooth and notched bone-shaped steel samples. The numerical tests provide accurate response curves, and they capture the distinct phases of the evolution observed in experiments: from the initial yielding phase, in which inelastic deformations form, and propagate as slow plastic waves, to the final rupture, which constitutes the ending stage of a strain-localization process.
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From here on, a subscript is used to indicate dependence on time.
First-order energy minimization was used in [1] to determine the steepest descent configuration rates.
Proof. If \(\dot{\gamma}=0\) in some interval of (0,l), from (30)2, \(\dot{\sigma}\leq0\). But, integrating (30)3 over (0,l), we get \(l\dot{\sigma}\bar {\dot{\gamma}}=\int_{0}^{l} (\theta''\dot{\gamma}^{2}+\alpha\dot {\gamma }'^{2} )\,dx>0\), and thus \(\dot{\sigma}>0\), in contradiction with the above result. Thus \(\dot{\gamma}\) cannot be null in some subinterval of the bar. □
Necessary and sufficient conditions for the eigenvalue non-negativeness are proposed in Sect. 3.4 of [1].
It is the area of the triangle defined by θ″ in the interval 0<γ<γ 1 (see Fig. 6).
In not-reported simulations, it appears in the middle, and in the left extremity.
In particular, it is very similar to the Aifantis model [8], where the Laplacian of the cumulated plastic strain is introduced in the yield condition.
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The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable comments and suggestions of Prof. Gianpietro Del Piero.
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This research was partially supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) by the PRIN funded Program “Dynamics, stability and control of flexible structures”, 2010/11N. 2010MBJK5B.
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Appendix A: Finite Elements Discretization
In the finite element discretization, two-points linear elements are considered for γ, and three-points quadratic elements for u. This allows to approximate both u′ and γ with linear functions, within each element. In the arbitrary e-th element (x e ,x e+1), the approximated solution is
where \(\mathbf{u}^{e}_{t}=[u_{t}(x_{e}),u_{t}((x_{e}+x_{e+1})/2),u_{t}(x_{e+1})]^{T}\), and \(\boldsymbol {\gamma}^{e}_{t}=[\gamma_{t}(x_{e}),\gamma_{t}(x_{e+1})]^{T}\) are the nodal vectors of displacement and inelastic deformation, respectively, and \(\boldsymbol {\varphi}^{e}(x)=[\varphi^{e}_{1}(x),\varphi^{e}_{2}(x),\varphi ^{e}_{3}(x)]^{T}\) and \(\boldsymbol {\psi}^{e}(x)=[\psi^{e}_{1}(x),\psi^{e}_{2}(x)]^{T}\) are the vectors of the quadratic and linear shape functions, respectively. Substituting (56) in the functional (21), restricted to the e-th element, we obtain the discrete quadratic form
where \(u_{t}=\boldsymbol {\varphi}^{e}\cdot{\mathbf{u}}_{t}^{e}\) and \(\gamma =\boldsymbol {\psi}^{e}\cdot{ \boldsymbol {\gamma}}_{t}^{e}\), and
Integrals are evaluated by means of two-point Gaussian quadrature. The dimension of the discretized problem is 3n e +2, with n e the number of elements.
Appendix B: Coefficients c h and c s of Formula (46)
Case θ″>0.
Case θ″=0.
Case θ″<0.
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Lancioni, G. Modeling the Response of Tensile Steel Bars by Means of Incremental Energy Minimization. J Elast 121, 25–54 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-015-9515-8
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