Nucleation and interface propagation criteria are derived with account for temperature variation in the course of phase transition (PT) and internal variables. A model problem concerning the nucleation of thin inclined infinite layer in a rigid-plastic half-space under prescribed normal and shear stresses is solved. Nontrivial effect of shear stress on the PT pressure is shown.

In this article, stress analysis and energy estimation during cold-roll forming of symmetrical channel sections have been discussed. Geometry of sheet strip is pre-estimated by a shape function. Then longitudinal, transversal and shear strains have been calculated. Using both the Levy-Mises and the Prandtl Reuss equations, and also considering the Bauschinger effect, stress distributions have b...

In the electronics industry epoxy molding compounds, underfills and adhesives are used for the packaging of electronic components. These materials are applied in liquid form, cured at elevated temperatures and then cooled down to room temperature. During these processing steps residual stresses are built up resulting from both cure and thermal shrinkage. These residual stresses add up to the st...

WITHIN THE context of the small-strain approach, combined mode I and III near-tip fields of a stationary crack in an elastic-plastic solid are obtained by finite element analysis under small-scale yielding conditions. To investigate the behavior of the near-tip fields, the normalized stresses ahead of the crack tip are plotted as functions of the normalized radial distance to the tip for severa...