Uniaxial plasticity

Uniaxial plasticity: observations from experiments

Dr. Federico Bosi

Elasticity and Plasticity - MECH0026

Mechanical Engineering

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Uniaxial tension experiment

Introduction to uniaxial tensile test on stainless steel performed in the Stractures Lab

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Nominal or engineering stress-strain curve

Undeformed Deformed

Nominal or Engineering stress:

Nominal or Engineering strain:

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Material incompressibility and true stress/strain

After the onset of plastic deformation, the material undergoes negligible volume change

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Advantage of using the true strain

True strains are additive, while conventional strains are not

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Incompressibility condition

Deformation Final configuration

Initial
configuration

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Comparison between nominal and true stress-strain curves from experiment

Uniaxial tensile test on stainless steel with Digital Image Correlation, performed in the Stractures Lab

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Softening and necking

Force-displacement plot Engineering stress-strain plot True stress-strain plot

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Considére instability criterion of necking: true strain

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 Uniaxial plasticity Observations from experiments

Considére instability criterion of necking: nominal strain

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