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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| Pages (from-to) | 513-518 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Sep 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering