Modeling of Shape Memory Alloys Considering Rate-independent and Rate-dependent Irrecoverable Strains

Simple item page
dc.contributorLagoudas, Dimitris C.
dc.creatorHartl, Darren J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T22:24:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T23:48:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T19:58:00Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T22:24:17Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T23:48:23Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T19:58:00Z
dc.date.created2009-12
dc.date.issued2011-02-22
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation addresses new developments in the constitutive modeling and structural analysis pertaining to rate-independent and rate-dependent irrecoverable inelasticity in Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs). A new model for fully recoverable SMA response is derived that accounts for material behaviors not previously addressed. Rate-independent and rate-dependent irrecoverable deformations (plasticity and viscoplasticity) are then considered. The three phenomenological models are based on continuum thermodynamics where the free energy potentials, evolution equations, and hardening functions are properly chosen. The simultaneous transformation-plastic model considers rate-independent irrecoverable strain generation and uses isotropic and kinematic plastic hardening to capture the interactions between irrecoverable plastic strain and recoverable transformation strain. The combination of theory and implementation is unique in its ability to capture the simultaneous evolution of recoverable transformation strains and irrecoverable plastic strains. The simultaneous transformation-viscoplastic model considers rate-dependent irrecoverable strain generation where the theoretical framework is modfii ed such that the evolution of the viscoplastic strain components are given explicitly. The numerical integration of the constitutive equations is formulated such that objectivity is maintained for SMA structures undergoing moderate strains and large displacements. Experimentally validated analysis results are provided for the fully recoverable model, the simultaneous transformation-plastic yield model, and the transformation-viscoplastic creep model.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7573
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectshape memory alloys
dc.subjectSMAs
dc.subjectNitinol
dc.subjectconstitutive modeling
dc.subjectnumerical analysis
dc.subjectfinite element method
dc.subjectFEA
dc.subjectactive materials
dc.subjectsmart structures
dc.subjectplasticity
dc.subjectviscoplasticity
dc.subjectcontinuum thermodynamics
dc.subjectapplied mechanics
dc.titleModeling of Shape Memory Alloys Considering Rate-independent and Rate-dependent Irrecoverable Strains
dc.typeBook
dc.typeThesis

Files

Collections

Texas A&M University at College Station