Thermomechanics of viscoplasticity: fundamentals and applications

This comprehensive monograph is the first to treat an important and challenging subject in mechanics, namely, the thermomechanics of viscoplasticity. This entails an examination of the geometrical and thermodynamical properties of mechanical behavior of metals and many polymeric and paste-like materials which are indispensable for developing a rational theory of viscoplasticity. This book is intended for researchers as well as Ph.D. students in the fields of material science and continuum mechanics. Designers and engineers in the field of metal forming, car body calculations, airplane designers, and anyone involved in the design of large scale industrial parts, will also find this book highlyuseful. Additionally, the concepts and results illustrated in Thermomechanicsof Viscoplasticity are readily applicable to the rapidly developing field of biomechanics. Includes a detailed description of the geometry of thermo-deformation with local evolving natural state configuration A comparative review of various models of thermodynamics including classical, rational, statistical, and endochronic, with a special approach to inelastic high speed histories INDICE: Preface.- Part I. Theoretical and Experimental Aspects. Introduction. 1. Physical and Geometrical Background. 2.Crystalline Materials with Thermo. inelastic Memory. 3. Normality Rule? Plastic Work Extremals and Related Topics. 4. Thermodynamics of Inelasticity. 5. Some Multiaxial Viscoplastic Experiments. Relation to Tensor Functions.- Part II. Some General Problems. 6. Viscoplasticity of Ferromagnetics. 7. Self. Consistent Method and Quasi. Rate Dependent Polycrystals. 8. Inelastic Micromorphic Polycrystals. Conclusions relatedto Parts I and II.- Part III. Applications of the Theory. 9. Plastic Wave Propagation in Hopkinson Bar. 10. Ratchetting Phenomenon at Low Strain Rates for AISI 16H Stainless Steel. 11. Stress and Strain Measures for Othotropic Metalsat Large Nonproportional Plastic Strain Histories. Remarks on the Applicationof the Theory.- References. Glossary. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-89489-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés