MODELING PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF POLYCHRYSTALLINE STRUCTURAL ALLOYS UNDER BLOCK-TYPE NONSYMMETRICAL REGIMES OF SOFT LOW-CYCLE LOADING
Processes of plastic deformation of polycrystalline structural alloys under block-type nonstationary regimes of soft low-cycle loading are considered. Modified Korotkikh's thermal-plasticity model pertaining to the class of yield theories with translation-isotropic hardening is used as defining relations of plasticity. The modification of Korotkikh's model consists in using a different formulation of evolutionary equations for the displacement of the yield surface center (the micro-stress tensor), used for block-type nonstationary regimes of low-cycle loading for describing effects of setting under a hard loading regime (controlled strains) and ratcheting under a soft loading regime (controlled stresses) of the plastic hysteresis loop. Determining the material parameters and scalar functions of the plastic deformation model, assessing its adequacy and scope of application was done based on the experimental studies of the deformation process of laboratory specimens made of stainless steels of the austenite (SS316L, SS304) and ferrite (20MnMoNi5-5) classes in the conditions of uniaxial and multiaxial, proportional and non-proportional regimes of soft block-type cyclic loading. Comparison of the numerical results with the experimental data indicates that the developed plasticity model qualitatively and quantitatively, accurately enough for engineering purposes, describes the main effects of plastic deformation (displacements of the plastic hysteresis loops and decreasing strain amplitudes) under block-type nonstationary nonsymmetrical regimes of soft low-cycle loading.