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Strain hardening in the HEMP code

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4393725· OSTI ID:4393725
The Prandtl--Reuss equations used in the HEMP elastic-plastic computer program are satisfied exactly for elastic, perfectly plastic materials, and are less exact for materials that strain harden. A new method is described for incorporating strain hardening into the flow law that is exact for linear strain hardening and very nearly exact for nonlinear strain hardenlng. A tensile test of a strain-hardening material is simulated using the present method and the previous method. The original approximate method has an accumulated error of less than 2% when compared with the present method. The present method agrees with exact calculations to within 0.05%. (auth)
Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
Sponsoring Organization:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
NSA Number:
NSA-29-004781
OSTI ID:
4393725
Report Number(s):
UCID--16328
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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