Abstract: The hysteresis curve in the transient and steady-state stage is characterized by inequalities and periodicity conditions for the tangent to the hysteresis curve (dσ/dε) and its derivative (d2 ...

Abstract: Uniaxial tests using a servocontrolled testing machine and strain measurement at the gage length were performed on a high-strength, low-ductility Titanium alloy. Tests involved monotonic and cyclic ...

Abstract: Thin-walled tubes were subjected to fully reversed strain-controlled axial (A), torsional (T), in-phase (I) and out-of-phase (O) loading. A computer controlled MTS axial-torsion servocontrolled ...

Abstract: The ratcheting behavior of the “unsymmetric two-bar system” was investigated by numerical experiments. The two bars are restrained to the same length and are subjected to a constant load. One ...

Abstract: A forward gradient method is employed in the formulation of a time integration scheme for the theory of viscoplasticity based on total strain. The theory uses a viscosity function and an ...

Abstract: A differential form for damage accumulation is proposed wherein the rate of damage accumulation is equal to a product of two functions. The first depends only on the present damage and the ...

Abstract: The zero-to-tension ratchetting behavior was investigated under uniaxial loading at room temperature and at 550, 600, and 650°C. In History I the maximum stress level of ratchetting was ...

Abstract: A rather general method is given to construct classes of functions with an arbitrary almost constant (linear) initial interval followed by a nonprescribed interval of monotonic nonlinear behavior. ...