On the problem of combined loading of a strip

The article presents the formulation and solution of a plane problem of stretching a plastic strip, the ends of which are sandwiched between two parallel rough planes, supplemented by the asymmetry of conditions on the spreading near-end zones. An upper estimate has been found for the total compression force by the grips of the end regions of a plastically stretchable strip, upon reaching which, simultaneously with the plastic stretching of the strip, plastic settlement of its near-end parts occurs. It is shown that with further deformation, thinning and rupture occur not in its middle stretchable part, but near the inner boundary of the contact near the grip.