Endochronic analysis for rate-dependent elasto-plastic deformation

This work presents a novel formulation of the scaling function of the intri nsic time scale. The new formulated scaling function and the rate-sensitivi ty function are used in the endochronic theory to simulate the rate-depende nt elasto-plastic behaviors of materials. Several cases of rate-dependent e lasto-plastic material responses are discussed separately. Experimental dat a found in literature of 304 stainless steels and Ti7Al2Cb1Ta titanium allo y for rate-dependent elasto-plastic responses are used for comparison. It i s shown that the theory adequately simulates the experimental results. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.