Abstract: In some circumstances, elastic-plastic deformation occurs in which both components of strain are finite. Such situations fall outside the scope of classical plasticity theory which assumes either ...

Abstract: The propagation of plane elastic-plastic waves of one-dimensional strain is analyzed. Such waves are generated by the detonation of explosives in contact with the surfaces of plates and by ...

Abstract: Stress analysis problems for linear viscoelastic material behavior are solved on the basis of integral operator stress-strain relations. These characterize the material by relaxation modulus functions ...

Abstract: The development of residual stress distributions in thermoviscoelastic materials due to surface cooling is considered. They arise because the nonuniform thermal contraction generates irreversible ...

Abstract: The plastic part of an elastic-plastic deformation is that remaining when the stress, and hence the elastic strain, is reduced to zero. Elastic deformation is that produced in this purely ...

Abstract: The problem of longitudinal oscillation of a viscoelastic rod of finite length including the effect of thermomechanical coupling has been studied. The material is assumed to be thermorheologically ...

Abstract: The strengthening of a hollow viscoelastic cylinder by elastic, helically wound, reinforcing wires is considered. The theoretical basis for stress analysis is developed, and applied to the cylinder ...

Abstract: The propagation of an initially sharp plane pressure pulse through a linear elastic composite medium is analyzed. Wave front and ray theory analogous to geometrical optics is shown to determine ...

Abstract: A criterion for the generation of internal cracks normal to and astride the central axis in a drawing or extrusion process has been based on the conditions requiring less driving force with ...