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Strain Hardening (strain + hardening)
Selected AbstractsStrain Hardening of Red Blood Cells by Accumulated Cyclic Supraphysiological StressARTIFICIAL ORGANS, Issue 1 2007Sung S. Lee Abstract:, The effect of elevated shear stress upon cellular trauma has been studied for many years, but the effect of long-term cyclic stress trauma on hemorheology has never been explored systematically. This study investigated sublytic trauma of red blood cells (RBCs) caused by repeated exposure to shear stress. A suspension of bovine blood was throttled through a capillary tube (inner diameter 1 mm and length 70 mm) connected to a recirculating flow loop. Samples were withdrawn every 30 min to measure deformability and characteristic time. The deformability of the cell was measured microscopically by observing the shape of the cell during the shear flow. It was found that cyclic shear irreversibly stiffened the cell membrane while the effect was not so much as that of continuous shear. The cell deformability was dramatically reduced by 73% when the stress of 300 Pa was applied for 288 s, while it was 7% under 90 Pa. These results elucidate the need for improved models to predict cellular trauma within the unsteady flow environment of mechanical circulatory assist devices. [source] Test on full-scale three-storey steel moment frame and assessment of ability of numerical simulation to trace cyclic inelastic behaviourEARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, Issue 1 2006Masayoshi Nakashima Abstract A test on a full-scale model of a three-storey steel moment frame was conducted, with the objectives of acquiring real information about the damage and serious strength deterioration of a steel moment frame under cyclic loading, studying the interaction between the structural frame and non-structural elements, and examining the capacity of numerical analyses commonly used in seismic design to trace the real cyclic behaviour. The outline of the test structure and test program is presented, results on the overall behaviour are given, and correlation between the experimental results and the results of pre-test and post-test numerical analyses is discussed. Pushover analyses conducted prior to the test predicted the elastic stiffness and yield strength very reasonably. With proper adjustment of strain hardening after yielding and composite action, numerical analyses were able to accurately duplicate the cyclic behaviour of the test structure up to a drift angle of 1/25. The analyses could not trace the cyclic behaviour involving larger drifts in which serious strength deterioration occurred due to fracture of beams and anchor bolts and progress of column local buckling. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Strain Hardening Behavior of Ultrafine- Grained Cu by Analyzing the Tensile Stress-Strain Curve,ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 5 2008C.-X. Huang UFG Cu was found to experience two stages of strain hardening processes under uniaxial tensile stress, which was similar to the Stage,IV and V of CG Cu after large plastic deformation. The storage of dislocations in small grains and dynamic recovery caused by annihilation of dislocations and GB-mediated processes were responsible for the different stages of strain hardening behavior. Improvement of strain hardening capability for UFG metals should be based on the mechanisms of strain hardening. [source] Negative Strain-rate Sensitivity in a Nanostructured Aluminum Alloy,ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 10 2006Q. Han The influence of strain rate in the range of 10,1 to 10,5 s,1 on the compression behavior of a cryomilled 5083 Al alloy is studied. The compression flow stress remains constant after an initial short strain hardening and a small stress dip, which indicates a dynamic saturation of dislocations. It is found that the compression flow stress increases with decreasing strain rate, which is believed to be attributed to dynamic strain aging. [source] Creep of saturated materials as a chemically enhanced rate-dependent damage processINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 14 2007Liang Bo Hu Abstract Material behaviour that exhibits characteristics of creep induced by a spontaneous mineral dissolution enhanced by material damage is studied. It is believed that the characteristic rates of the chemical processes involved determine the time-rate dependence of the resulting strain. A basic model of a combined chemo-plastic softening and chemically enhanced deviatoric strain hardening for saturated geomaterials is presented. Chemical softening is postulated to occur as a consequence of the net mass removal resulting from dissolution and precipitation of specific minerals occurring at the damage-generated inter-phase interfaces. Closed and open systems are discussed. In the former case, deformation at constant stress results entirely from a local compensation mechanism between the chemical softening and strain hardening. The classical three stages of creep are interpreted in terms of mechanisms of dissolution and precipitation, as well as the variation in the reaction surface areas involved in the mass exchange. In an open system, the above local mechanism is enhanced by the removal of mass via diffusion of species affecting the mass balance. Such a system is addressed via a boundary value problem as shown in an example. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Nonlinear SEM numerical analyses of dry dense sand specimens under rapid and dynamic loadingINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 6 2007C. di Prisco Abstract The paper mainly concerns the mechanical response of 2D dry dense sand specimens under shock loading. The problem is numerically analysed by means of a SEM dynamic code, within which an already conceived non-local viscoplastic constitutive model characterized by a non-associated flow rule and by an anisotropic strain hardening has been implemented. In particular the strain localization and time dependency of the material mechanical response are taken into consideration. Both rapid/static loading and dynamic histories are numerically simulated. In the first case, the time dependency of the material mechanical response can be captured by neglecting inertial effects, while in the second one the two factors are superimposed and the propagation of the stress waves within the specimen is discussed. The interest of these analyses derives from the fact that the diffusion phenomenon takes place within a specimen already localized. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Explicit solutions for the instantaneous undrained contraction of hollow cylinders and spheres in porous elastoplastic mediumINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 3 2002A. Giraud Abstract In this article we present closed-form solutions for the undrained variations in stress, pore pressure, deformation and displacement inside hollow cylinders and hollow spheres subjected to uniform mechanical pressure instantaneously applied to their external and internal boundary surfaces. The material is assumed to be a saturated porous medium obeying a Mohr,Coulomb model failure criterion, exhibiting dilatant plastic deformation according to a non-associated flow rule which accounts for isotropically strain hardening or softening. The instantaneous response of a porous medium submitted to an instantaneous loading is undrained, i.e. without any fluid mass exchange. The short-term equilibrium problem to be solved is now formally identical to a problem of elastoplasticity where the constitutive equations involve the undrained elastic moduli and particular equivalent plastic parameters. The response of the model is presented (i) for extension and compression undrained triaxial tests, and (ii) for unloading problems of hollow cylinders and spheres through the use of appropriately developed closed-form solutions. Numerical results are presented for a plastic clay stone with strain hardening and an argilite with strain softening. The effects of plastic dilation, of the strain softening law and also of geometry of the cavity on the behaviour of the porous medium have been underlined. Analytical solutions provide valuable benchmarks enabling various numerical methods in undrained conditions with a finite boundary to be verified. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] A visco-plastic constitutive model for granular soils modified according to non-local and gradient approachesINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 2 2002C. di Prisco Abstract An already available non-associated elastic,viscoplastic constitutive model with anisotropic strain hardening is modified in order to describe both the constitutive parameter dependency on relative density and the spatio-temporal evolution of strain localization. To achieve this latter goal, two distinct but similar approaches are introduced: one inspired by the gradient theory and one by the non-local theory. A one-dimensional case concerning a simple shear test for a non-homogeneous infinitely long dense sand specimen is numerically discussed and a finite difference scheme is employed for this purpose. The results obtained by following the two different approaches are critically analysed and compared. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Two-scale method for shear bands: thermal effects and variable bandwidthINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, Issue 6 2007Pedro M. A. Areias Abstract A method for the analysis of shear bands using local partition of unity is developed in the framework of the extended finite element method (XFEM). Enrichments are introduced for both the displacement field and the thermal field. The shear band width is determined by minimizing the plastic work. A coupled finite strain thermo-elastoplastic constitutive law is used. The enrichment is injected into the mesh when the material law becomes unstable. The criterion based on a complete stability analysis for materials in the finite strain regime including heat conduction, strain hardening, strain rate hardening and thermal softening is presented. A mixed continuous quadrilateral element is employed. The method is applied to the Nesterenko experiments, which exhibit multiple propagating shear bands and other problems. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Influence of compatibilizer on notched impact strength and fractography of HDPE,organoclay compositesJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2009Waraporn Rattanawijan Abstract The focus of this study was the notched impact property of high-density polyethylene (HDPE),organoclay composites and the resultant morphology of impact-fractured surfaces. Composites with a different organoclay content and degree of organoclay dispersion were compared with neat HDPE under identical conditions. The degree of organoclay dispersion was controlled through the use of a compatibilizer, maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene. It was found that the addition of organoclay can slightly increase the elastic modulus and notched impact strength of the composite. When the level of organoclay dispersion was improved by using compatibilizer, elastic modulus and toughness further increased. A significant increase in yield strength was also notable. The presence of organoclay was found to suppress strain hardening of the matrix during tensile testing. The impact-fractured surfaces of failed specimens were studied with scanning electron microscopy. The micromechanism for the increased toughness of HDPE,organoclay composites was discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009 [source] Radiopaque, barium sulfate-filled biomedical compounds of a poly(ether-block-amide) copolymerJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 6 2008Xiaoping Guo Abstract Various radiopaque compounds of a poly (ether- block -amide) copolymer resin filled with fine barium sulfate particles were prepared by melt mixing. Material properties of the filled compounds were investigated using various material characterization techniques, including thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic rheometry, uniaxial tensile test, and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). The effects of the filler and its concentration on the measured material properties are evaluated. It has been found that in addition to its well-known X-ray radiopacity, the filler is quite effective in reinforcing some mechanical properties of the copolymer, including modulus of elasticity and yield strength. More interestingly, it has been observed that at low loading concentrations near 10 wt %, the filler may also act as a rigid, inorganic toughener for the copolymer by improving the postyield material extensibility of strain hardening against ultimate material fracture. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source] ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICULATE WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE GELSJOURNAL OF TEXTURE STUDIES, Issue 4 2001MATTHEW K. McGUFFEY Physical properties of particulate whey protein isolate gels formed under varying electrostatic conditions were investigated using large strain rheological and microstructural techniques. The two treatment ranges evaluated were adjusting pH (5.2-5.8) with no added NaCl and adjusting the NaCl (0.2-0.6 M) at pH 7. Gels (10% protein w/v) were formed by heating at 80C for 30 min. The large strain properties of fracture strain (,f), fracture stress (,f), and a measure of strain hardening (R0.3) were determined using a torsion method. Gel microstructure was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and gel permeability (Bgel). Overlaying ,f and ,f curves for pH and NaCl treatments demonstrated an overlap where gels of equal ,f and ,f could be formed by adjusting pH or NaCl concentration. The high fracture stress (,f, 23 kPa and ,f, 1.86) pair conditions were pH 5.47 and 0.25 M NaCl, pH 7.0. The low fracture stress (,f, 13 kPa and ,f, 1.90) pair conditions were pH 5.68 and 0.6 M NaCl, pH 7.0. The 0.25 M NaCl, pH 7 treatment demonstrated higher R0.3 values than the pH 5.47 treatment. When the sulfhydryl blocker n-ethylmaleimide was added at 2 mM to the 0.25 M NaCl, pH 7 gel treatment, its rheological behavior was NSD (p>0.05) to the pH 5.47 gel treatment, indicating disulfide bond formation regulated strain hardening. Altering surface charge or counterions, and disulfide bonding, was required to produce gels with similar large strain rheological properties. An increase in gel permeability coincided with an increase in pore size as observed by SEM, independent of rheological properties. This demonstrated that at the length scales investigated, microstructure was not linked to changes in large strain rheological properties. [source] Superplastic Behavior of Fine-Grained ,-Silicon Nitride Material under CompressionJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 4 2000Guo-Dong Zhan The deformation behavior of a hot-pressed, fine-grained ,-Si3N4 ceramic was investigated in the temperature range 1450°,1650°C, under compression, and the results for strain rate and temperature dependence of the flow stress are presented here. The present results show that the material is capable of high rates of deformation (,10,4,10,3 s,1) within a wide range of deformation temperatures and under a pressure of 5,100 MPa; no strain hardening occurs in the material, even at slow deformation rates, because of its stable microstructure; Newtonian flow occurs, with a stress exponent of approximately unity; and the material has activation energy values for flow in the range 344,410 kJ·mol,1. Grain-boundary sliding and grain rotation, accommodated by viscous flow, might be the mechanisms of superplasticity for the present material. [source] Properties and strain hardening character of polyethylene terephthalate containing IsosorbidePOLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 3 2009Ramesh M. Gohil Polyethylene terephthalate containing Isosorbide (PEIT) polymers made from renewable corn-derived Isosorbide monomer exhibit a wide range of glass transition temperatures (80,180°C) and are therefore able to be used in many applications. Stress,strain curves for high Isosorbide content copolymers show strain softening, which impairs the molecular orientation during orientation of films and bottles. It is therefore necessary to find ways to modify deformation behavior of PEIT copolymers. Deformation characteristics of PEIT and other polyesters have been evaluated to define stretching parameters and necessary composition for making oriented bottles for hot fill applications. In the presence of polymeric nucleating agents, (polymeric ionomers or polyesters containing sodium ions), strain-hardening parameters become almost temperature- independent below solid state deformation temperature of 125°C. We developed a methodology to achieve molecular orientation comparable with films and articles made by conventional processing of poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET. Polyesters containing sodium ions are efficient nucleating agents for PEIT, and their required concentration is dependent on deformation temperature. Both strain hardening and stress at 250% strain depend on the concentration of nucleating agents and deformation temperatures. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2009. © 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers [source] Stress,strain behavior as related to surface topography and thickness uniformity in uni- and biaxially stretched PVDF/PMMA blendsPOLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 12 2007Xixian Zhou The influence of blend composition and processing conditions on the surface roughness and thickness uniformity of PVDF/PMMA blends were investigated in uniaxial and biaxial deformation mode for PVDV and PVDF/PMMA blends 70/30, 55/45, and 40/60 wt%. The addition of PMMA retards the thermal crystallizability of the blends and this allows rapid solidification into films with little or no crystallinities. Such precursors with lowered crystallinity were found to be easily uni- and biaxially stretched into uniform and transparent films in the temperature range between the glass transition temperature and cold crystallization temperature where they exhibit strain hardening. Thus, these blends are suitable for processes such as tenter frame biaxial stretching, double bubble film blowing, and stretch blow molding where they will exhibit good transparency and thickness uniformity. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:2110,2117, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers [source] The effect of long chain branching on the processability of polypropylene in thermoformingPOLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 5 2004A. D. Gotsis Linear polypropylene was modified by reaction with peroxydicarbonates in a twin screw extruder to obtain varied degrees of long chain branching. The melt strength and the elasticity of the modified polymers were found to increase with the modification. The processability in foaming and thermoforming processes improved with branching and showed an optimum, beyond which higher degrees of long chain branching appeared not to help any further. The branched PP samples showed distinct strain hardening in the elongational viscosity, which was absent from the original linear melts. Melt strength, elasticity and strain hardening increased with the increase of the number of long chain branches on the main chain. The effect of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the precursor on the improvement of the processability of the polymer was examined. Polym. Eng. Sci. 44:973,982, 2004. © 2004 Society of Plastics Engineers. [source] Properties of uniaxially stretched polypropylene filmsTHE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 6 2008Farhad Sadeghi Abstract Polypropylene (PP) films have been prepared through two different cast extrusion processes: one using a machine direction orientation (MDO) unit and the other stretching the films at the die under high cooling conditions (lab unit). Films for two PP resins different in molecular structure have been prepared using both processing techniques. The effect of the resin structure and the processing conditions on the film properties has been examined. It was found that the MDO unit generated a highly oriented fibrillar crystalline structure with a distribution of elongated thick fibrils while extrusion under high cooling conditions generated an oriented row nucleated lamellar structure. The films showed distinctive tensile responses in stretching, with a strong solid-elastic response for the oriented MDO films and a steady strain hardening after yielding for the sample obtained from lab unit cast extrusion. It was found that the strength in the transverse direction (TD) was particularly very low for the oriented MDO films made of the bimodal PP. The oxygen permeability was reduced with increasing draw ratio (DR) for the MDO films. The haze property for the MDO samples reduced to a plateau for DR up to 5 while clarity improved continuously with DR. Des films de polypropylène ont été préparés dans deux procédés d'extrusion différents: l'un utilise une unité MDO (orientation dans la direction de la machine) et l'autre l'étirement des films à la filière dans des conditions de refroidissement intense (unité de laboratoire). Des films de polypropylène (PP) venant de deux résines de structure moléculaire différente ont été préparés à l'aide de ces deux techniques de mise en forme. L'effet de la structure de la résine et des conditions de mise en ,uvre sur les propriétés des films a été examiné. On a trouvé que l'unité MDO donne une structure cristalline fibrillaire hautement orientée avec une distribution de fibrilles épaisses allongées, tandis que l'extrusion sous refroidissement intense donne une structure lamellaire nucléée orientée en rangée. Les films montrent des réponses en contraintes à l'étirement distinctes, avec une forte réponse élastique solide pour les films MDO orientés et un écrouissage stable après déformation irréversible pour l'échantillon obtenu par extrusion avec l'unité de laboratoire. On a trouvé que la tenacité dans la direction transverse était particulièrement faible pour les films MDO orientés faits de PP bimodal. La perméabilité à l'oxygène a été réduite avec l'augmentation du rapport d'étirage pour les films MDO. La propriété de perte de transparence légère pour les échantillons MDO montre un plateau pour un rapport d'étirage allant jusqu'à 5 tandis que la clarté s'améliore continuellement avec le rapport d'étirage. [source] Untersuchungen zum Werkstoffverhalten des Feinkornbaustahls S 460 unter erhöhten TemperaturenBAUTECHNIK, Issue 10 2007Jörg Lange Prof. Dr.-Ing. Die Bestimmung der Tragfähigkeit von Bauteilen aus S 460 im Brandfall auf der Grundlage vereinfachter oder allgemeiner Berechnungsverfahren entsprechend EN 1993-1-2 [1] erfordert die Kenntnis der mechanischen Eigenschaften des hochfesten Feinkornbaustahls unter erhöhten Temperaturen. Hierzu wurden Untersuchungen an Probestäben aus einem normalisierend gewalzten S 460 N und einem thermomechanisch gewalzten S 460 M durchgeführt. Beide Stahlsorten unterscheiden sich sowohl in ihrer chemischen Zusammensetzung als auch in der Temperaturführung beim Walzen. Auf der Grundlage instationärer Warmkriechversuche wurden Werkstoffgesetze für den Temperaturbereich von 20 bis 900 °C hergeleitet. Die Untersuchungen zeigen eine im Vergleich zu S 460 N erhöhte Festigkeit des S 460 M bei hohen Temperaturen. Diese ist zurückzuführen auf die durch das thermomechanische Walzen verursachte Verfestigung und die Verringerung der Kriechgeschwindigkeit durch Niob- und Titanausscheidungen. Beim Vergleich der Ergebnisse mit den in EN 1993-1-2 [1] für S 460 angegebenen Werkstoffgesetzen erkennt man, dass diese sowohl die Festigkeit als auch die Steifigkeit des untersuchten S 460 N überschätzen. Examination of the mechanical properties of the microalloyed grain refined steel S 460 at elevated temperatures. To establish a basis for calculating the load-bearing capacity of steel members made of S 460 in fire, corresponding to EN 1993-1-2 [1], the mechanical properties of the microalloyed grain refined steel S 460 under high temperatures have been examined. Two different kinds of steel have been considered: a normalised rolled S 460 N and a thermomechanically rolled S 460 M, that differ in their chemical composition and the temperature control during the hot-rolling process. On the basis of transient state tensile tests, material laws have been derived for the temperature range from 20 to 900 °C. The test results show an increased strength of S 460 M at elevated temperatures in comparison to S 460 N. This is a result of the strain hardening caused by the thermomechanical deformation and the precipitates formed by niobium and titanium that constrain creep deformations. The data derived from the tests show that the stress-strain relationships given in EN 1993-1-2 [1] for S 460 overestimate both the strength and the stiffness of the examined S 460 N. [source] | ||||||||||||||||