Memory surfaces separating the processes of monotonous and cyclic loads

The processes of elastoplastic deformation of structural materials can consist of a sequence of monotonous and cyclic loading regimes, in which peculiar effects and features arise. Mathematical modeling of such processes, as well as resource assessment and forecasting, is a very difficult task. In addition, the analysis of transient processes from cyclic to monotonous and from monotonous to cyclic shows the need to separate these processes. Based on the analysis of the results of experimental studies of samples of stainless steel 12Х18Н10T under a rigid (controlled deformation) deformation process, which is a sequence of monotonic and cyclic loading modes, under conditions of uniaxial tension-compression at normal temperature, the features and differences in the processes of monotonic and cyclic loading are revealed. To describe these features and separate the processes of monotonic and cyclic loading modes in the theories of plastic flow with combined hardening, various variants of memory surfaces are introduced. An analysis of the results of experimental studies of stainless steel showed that in the space of the plastic strain tensor, the size of the memory surface is determined by the range of plastic strains, and the position of the center is determined by the values of average plastic strains under cyclic loading. Various variants of the memory surface are considered, their capabilities and disadvantages are identified, and the most adequate variant of the memory surface is determined. To confirm the operability of this version of the memory surface, together with the equations of the Bondar plasticity model, the calculated and experimental results were compared and a reliable agreement was obtained between these results both in terms of the kinetics of the stress-strain state and in terms of the number of cycles to failure.