We analyze stress softening phenomena within the framework of the 'generalized standard material' based on the notion of a 'normal dissipative mechanism'. We prove that the monotonicity properties of the 'yield function' governing such mechanism lead to local and global uniqueness of the response. Applications to oscillators with a single degree of freedom, whose anharmonic spring exhibits stress softening, are also presented.
DE SIMONE, A., MARIGO J., J., Teresi, L. (2001). A Damage Mechanics Approach to Stress Softening and its Application to Rubber. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS. A, SOLIDS, 20(6), 873-892 [10.1016/S0997-7538(01)01171-8].
A Damage Mechanics Approach to Stress Softening and its Application to Rubber
TERESI, Luciano
2001-01-01
Abstract
We analyze stress softening phenomena within the framework of the 'generalized standard material' based on the notion of a 'normal dissipative mechanism'. We prove that the monotonicity properties of the 'yield function' governing such mechanism lead to local and global uniqueness of the response. Applications to oscillators with a single degree of freedom, whose anharmonic spring exhibits stress softening, are also presented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.