Journal of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, XXXVII, 2002, Book 3

 

TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE

 

DISPLACEMENT OF THE NEUTRAL AXIS BY BENDING OF A BIMODAL VISCOUS BEAM
K.Hadjov, D.Dontchev

IDENTIFICATION OF PARAMETERS OF THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL FAILURE CRITERIA
K. Hadjov

DISPLACEMENT OF THE NEUTRAL AXIS BY BENDING OF A BIMODAL VISCOUS BEAM
K.Hadjov, D.Dontchev

University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy,
8 Kl. Ohridski, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: klm@uctm.edu
Received 13 February 2002
Accepted 26 February 2002

This work is intended to determine the neutral axis displacement by bending of beams which possess different viscoelastic behaviors by traction and contraction. Similar effects are well known in the elastic case. Introducing different Hooke's laws and equalizing the normal forces in the tracked and contracted section we resolve the above-mentioned problem in the elastic case. We use the hereditary theory of Boltzmann-Volterra and some operator relations to obtain the viscoelastic solution. Thus, the neutral axis displacement is obtained as a time dependent function. The elastic solution is obtained as a particular case. Examples concerning different section shapes are resolved.
Keywords: bimodal beam, viscosity, neutral axis.

 

IDENTIFICATION OF PARAMETERS OF THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL FAILURE CRITERIA
K. Hadjov

 

University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy,
8 Kl. Ohridski, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: klm@uctm.edu
Received 25 April 2002
Accepted 3 May 2002

 

In this work we investigate a failure criterion for isotropic homogeneous solids containing the three invariants of the stress tensor. There are two aims of the paper. The first one is to determine the limits of variation of the failure criterion parameters related to the failure curve closure conditions, using elementary failure experiments. The second aim is to determine the influence of the third stress tensor invariant on the limit (failure) curve shape. A theoretical curve concerning brittle rupture in the deviator plane was compared with experimental results to confirm the necessity to include the third stress tensor invariant in the failure criterion.
Keywords: failure criteria, stress tensor invariants