IUTAM Symposium on Micromechanics of Plasticity and Damage of Multiphase Materials: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Sèvres, Paris, France, 29 August – 1 September 1995

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On Non-Local Flow Theories that Preserve the Classical Structure of Incremental Boundary Value Problems....Pages 3-9
On Strain-Rate Sensitivity of Metal Matrices Reinforced with Ceramic Particles....Pages 11-18
Influence of the Micro-Arrangement on Matrix and Fiber Damage in Continuously Reinforced MMCS....Pages 19-26
Morphological Effects at the Local Scale in two-Phase Materials....Pages 27-34
Modeling of the Overall Elastoplastic Behavior of Multiphase Materials by the Effective Field Method....Pages 35-42
Pseudoplasticity of Fibrous Composite Materials: Inelastic Response of Laminates with Interfacial Decohesion....Pages 43-50
Modelling the Cyclic Behaviour of Two-Phase Single Crystal Nickel-Base Superalloys....Pages 51-58
Experimental Evidences of Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Strain Incompatibilities in Microheterogeneous Metal Based Materials....Pages 59-66
A Critical Evaluation for Various Nonlinear Extensions of the Self-Consistent Model....Pages 67-74
Creep and Yield Behaviour of Semi-Crystalline Polyethylene in Uniaxial Tension....Pages 75-82
Finite-Element Simulation of Elastoplastic Properties of Two-Phase Composites Reinforced by Particles....Pages 83-90
Constitutive Equations of Plastic Anisotropic Composite Medium....Pages 91-98
Mechanical Behaviour of Multiphase Materials. Numerical Simulations and Experimental Comparisons....Pages 99-106
The Mechanical Instability of the Metal Substructure in Thermodynamically Stable and Unstable Phases....Pages 107-114
On the Micromechanics of the Deformation of Monocrystalline Nickel-Base Superalloys....Pages 115-122
Self-Consistent Modelling of Elastic-Viscoplastic Multiphase Materials....Pages 123-130
Micromechanics of Localized Fracture in Inelastic Solids under Dynamic Loading Processes....Pages 131-140
A Micro—Macro Structural Approach of the Cyclic Behaviour of a Two—Phase Alloy....Pages 141-148
Overall Properties of Nonlinear Composites....Pages 149-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Statistical Modelling of Damaging Duplex Stainless Steels....Pages 159-166
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Application of Micro-Mechanical Constitutive Models for Structural Steels....Pages 167-174
Plasticity Modelling of Porous Aluminum....Pages 175-182
Crystallographic Growth of Cavities in Zirconium....Pages 183-190
Integration of Physical Mesomechanisms to Macro-Scopic Modelling : A Coupled Viscoelastic-Viscoplastic Finite Strain Model for a Rubber like Particulate Composite....Pages 191-198
Simulation of the Behaviour of Two Large Scale Tests Using Ductile Damage Mechanics Models Derived from Small Scale Laboratory Data....Pages 199-206
Failure Mode Interaction in Metal-Matrix Composites....Pages 207-214
Constitutive Relations for Porous Materials: The Effect of Changing Void Shape and Orientation....Pages 215-222
Microcrack Nucleation in Different Kinds of Artificial Ice during Uniaxial Compression Creep Experiments....Pages 223-230
Simulation of Co Binder Failure in WC-Co Hardmetals....Pages 231-238
Micromechanical Approach to Modelling of Damage Process in Semi-Brittle Ceramics....Pages 239-246
The Damage Mechanisms in Rubber Toughened PMMA....Pages 247-253
Micromechanics of Plasticity and Damage in an AL/SIC Metal Matrix Composite....Pages 255-262
Damage in Aged Austenoferritic Alloys....Pages 263-270
The Influence of Particulate Spatial Distribution on Damage Accumulation in Metals and Ceramics....Pages 271-278
Transition from Ductile Tearing to Cleavage Fracture — a Statistical Model....Pages 279-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Micromechanical Approach by Finite Elements to the Microstructural Evolutions and Mechanical Behaviour of two Phase Metallic Alloys....Pages 289-296
Incremental Micromechanical Modelling of the Transformation Induced Plasticity....Pages 297-304
Multiscale Treatment of the Martensitic Transformation in a Single Crystal....Pages 305-312
Some Relations for Finite Inelastic Deformation of Microheterogeneous Materials with Moving Discontinuity Surfaces....Pages 313-320
A Micromechanical Study on Strain-Induced Transformation Plasticity in Low-Alloy Trip-Steels....Pages 321-328
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Computer Simulation of Dislocation Structure Evolution and Microdeformation Effects During α → β Transformation in Palladium-Hydrogen System....Pages 329-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Fractal Concepts for Solid Mechanics....Pages 339-346
Microstructural Inhomogeneity and the Strength of Particulate Metal Matrix Composites....Pages 347-354
The Contact and Sliding Friction of Cellular Materials....Pages 355-362
Statistical Theory of Microplasticity of Two-Phase Composites....Pages 363-370
Reinforcement Fracture and Ductility in Sphere-Reinforced Al-Matrix Composites....Pages 371-378
Towards Scale-Dependent Constitutive Laws for Plasticity and Fracture of Random Heterogeneous Materials....Pages 379-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Microdamage Observations in Dynamically Fractured Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al Microstructures and Preliminary Modeling Attempts....Pages 389-396
Behaviour Analysis of Pre-Fatigue Damaged Aluminum Alloys Under High-Velocity and Quasi-Static Tension....Pages 397-404
Interface Plasticity and Micro-Crack Extension in an Inclusion Reinforced Solid....Pages 405-412
Near Surface Cracks in Transformation Toughened Ceramics Subjected to Hertzian Contact Load....Pages 413-420
Back Matter....Pages 421-430