Stefan C. Soare | Searcharxiv

arXiv2013

Plasticity and non-Schmid effects

The structure of the overall response of a metal polycrystal is analyzed under the assumption that activity on the slip systems of its constituents is governed by a generalized Schmid law. In the resulting macro-model of metal plasticity the overall rate of plastic deformation is related to the stress-gradient of the yield surface via a generalized, but still associated flow rule. While the overall rate of plastic deformation is no longer collinear with the stress-gradient of the yield surface, its deviation is characterized by an additional macro-variable, representative of the rate of the non-Schmid effects taking place at constituent level.

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arXiv2013

On the structure of metal plasticity constitutive equations and the physical origin of the plastic spin

The macroscopic elastic-plastic response of a metal polycrystal is analyzed here by homogenizing the response of a representative volume element. With this purpose, the theory developed in Hill(1967)(The essential structure of constitutive laws for metal composites and polycrystals. J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 15, 79-95) is extended so that the structural changes caused by plastic deformation are taken into account. It is found that the type of evolution assigned to the slip systems of a constituent crystal influences significantly the structure of the constitutive system characterizing the overall response. In particular, the classical normality structure is obtained only if slip systems are assumed to convect with the crystal lattice. Any other type of slip system evolution induces a deviation of the macro-rate of plastic deformation from the exterior normal to the yield surface. This provides a physical explanation and also a rigorous definition for the much debated concept of plastic spin.

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