A generalised method for ratchet analysis of structures undergoing arbitrary thermo-mechanical load histories
Lytwyn, M. and Chen, H. F. and Ponter, A. R. S. (2015) A generalised method for ratchet analysis of structures undergoing arbitrary thermo-mechanical load histories. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 104 (2). pp. 104-124. ISSN 0029-5981 (https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4924)
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Abstract
A novel approach is presented based upon the Linear Matching Method framework in order to directly calculate the ratchet limit of structures subjected to arbitrary thermo-mechanical load histories. Traditionally, ratchet analysis methods have been based upon the fundamental premise of decomposing the cyclic load history into cyclic and constant components respectively, in order to assess the magnitude of additional constant loading a structure may accommodate before ratcheting occurs. The method proposed in this paper, for the first time, accurately and efficiently calculates the ratchet limit with respect to a proportional variation between the cyclic primary and secondary loads, as opposed to an additional primary load only. The method is a strain based approach and utilises a novel convergence scheme in order to calculate an approximate ratchet boundary based upon a predefined target magnitude of ratchet strain per cycle. The ratcheting failure mechanism evaluated by the method leads to less conservative ratchet boundaries compared to the traditional Bree solution. The method yields the total and plastic strain ranges as well as the ratchet strains for various levels of loading between the ratchet and limit load boundaries. Two example problems have been utilised in order to verify the proposed methodology.
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Lytwyn, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6633-3612, Chen, H. F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6864-4927 and Ponter, A. R. S.;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 52828 Dates: DateEvent12 October 2015Published24 March 2015Published Online18 March 2015AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery Department: Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 27 Apr 2015 12:58 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 11:04 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/52828