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Cyclic Plasticity of Aluminum in Large Plastic Strain Ranges

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Ultra-low-Cycle Fatigue Failure of Metal Structures under Strong Earthquakes

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Abstract

Aluminum has been increasingly employed in space, building, and other structures owing to its light weight and high durability. Compared with structural steel, aluminum has relatively low ductility and is more apt to fail during strong earthquakes. Seismic loading is associated with random strain amplitudes, which makes it necessary to calibrate a plasticity model at the full strain range. Based on the achievements in the previous chapter, this chapter aims to propose a straightforward approach to accurately evaluate hysteretic properties of aluminum material and structures under variable-amplitude cyclic loading within the full strain range till fracture, where only representative mechanical variables such as yield strength and tensile strength are required to calibrate the generalized Armstrong–Frederick model. The newly proposed method is validated at both material and member levels, respectively, through quasi-static cyclic experiments on double-edge-notched specimens and aluminum buckling-restrained braces. The validation results show that the proposed method can well describe cyclic plasticity of aluminum members at the full strain range.

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  2. Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan

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Jia, LJ., Ge, H. (2019). Cyclic Plasticity of Aluminum in Large Plastic Strain Ranges. In: Ultra-low-Cycle Fatigue Failure of Metal Structures under Strong Earthquakes. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2661-5_9

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