On the geometry of slip and spin in finite plastic deformation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Abstract

A convenient description of the geometry of slip and the associated kinematics of finite deformation in an elastic-plastic crystal is presented. The physical meaning of the plastic spin is discussed in detail. The problem of uniaxial tension of a single crystal under multiple slip is analyzed, and a simple technique for the calculation of the rotation of the slip systems during plastic flow is presented. The paper closes with a relevant discussion of the kinematics of finite elastic-plastic deformations of a continuum.

Publication Title

International Journal of Plasticity

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