Because most structures are subjected to transient strain-rate loading, an experimental study was conducted to investigate the stress-strain behaviors of an aluminum alloy undergoing varying strain-rate loading. To this end, uniaxial tensile loading was applied to coupons of dog-bone shape such that each coupon underwent two or three different strain-rates, i.e., one rate after another. As a basis, a series of single-strain-rate tests was also conducted with strain-rates of . When the material experienced multistrain-rate loading, the stress-strain curves were significantly different from any single-strain-rate stress-strain curve. The strain-rate history affected the stress-strain curves under multistrain-rate loading. As a result, some simple averaging of single-strain-rate curves did not predict the actual multistrain-rate stress-strain curve properly. Furthermore, the fracture strain under multistrain-rate loading was significantly different from that under any single-strain-rate case. Depending on the applied strain-rates and their sequences, the former was much greater or less than the latter. A technique was proposed based on the residual plastic strain and plastic energy density in order to predict the fracture strain under multistrain-rate loading. The predicted fracture strains generally agreed well with the experimental data. Another observation that was made was that the unloading stress-strain curve was not affected by the previous strain-rate history.
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Stress-Strain Behavior of an Aluminum Alloy Under Transient Strain-Rates
Y. W. Kwon,
Y. W. Kwon
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Naval Postgraduate School
, Monterey, CA 93943
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Y. Esmaeili,
Y. Esmaeili
Department of Mechanical & Environmental Engineering,
University of California-Santa Barbara
, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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C. M. Park
C. M. Park
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Naval Postgraduate School
, Monterey, CA 93943
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Y. W. Kwon
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Naval Postgraduate School
, Monterey, CA 93943
Y. Esmaeili
Department of Mechanical & Environmental Engineering,
University of California-Santa Barbara
, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
C. M. Park
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Naval Postgraduate School
, Monterey, CA 93943J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Aug 2011, 133(4): 044501 (4 pages)
Published Online: June 3, 2011
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Received:
September 10, 2010
Revised:
November 9, 2010
Online:
June 3, 2011
Published:
June 3, 2011
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Kwon, Y. W., Esmaeili, Y., and Park, C. M. (June 3, 2011). "Stress-Strain Behavior of an Aluminum Alloy Under Transient Strain-Rates." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. August 2011; 133(4): 044501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4003470
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