Abstract
Closed-form solutions are presented for the transient response of rods in which strain softening occurs and the stress-strain laws exhibit nonvanishing stresses after the strain-softening regime. It is found that the appearance of any strain softening results in an infinite strain rate if the material is inviscid. For a stress-strain law with a monotonically decreasing stress the strains are infinite also. If the stress increases after the strain-softening portion, the strains remain finite and the strain-softening point moves through the rod.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper) |
| State | Published - 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering