Abstract
In many ductile materials voids nucleate and grow under large strain and triaxial stress, which yield volumetric plastic expansion. A constitutive equation is presented, which accounts for this plastic dilatancy. The plastic moduli involved in this equation can be calibrated by using necking tests of axisymmetric bars, void model analysis and computer simulation. To verify the rationality of such a constitutive equation and adjust the values of plastic moduli, the constitutive equation with its moduli to be determined is applied to analyse the ductile fracture behaviour of axisymmetric bars.
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Guochen, L. Dilatational plastic constitutive equations and their application to ductile fracture analysis of axisymmetric specimens. Acta Mech Sinica 1, 49–58 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487860
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