Sentence examples for using a strain gradient from inspiring English sources

The solid is modelled using a strain gradient plasticity model to account for the influence of microstructures on the macroscopic mechanical behaviour.

Finite element simulations are performed using a strain gradient crystal plasticity formulation with an intrinsic length scale parameter in a non-local strain gradient constitutive framework.

The loss of uniform elongation with decreasing grain size in polycrystals is analysed using a strain gradient plasticity-based finite-element model involving an enhanced description of the grain boundaries.

A solution for the finite-domain Eshelby-type inclusion problem of a finite elastic body containing an anti-plane strain inclusion of arbitrary cross-sectional shape prescribed with a uniform eigenstrain and a uniform eigenstrain gradient is derived in a general form using a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory (SSGET).

Plastic flow localization in ductile materials subjected to pure shear loading and uniaxial tension is investigated respectively in this paper using a reduced strain gradient theory, which consists of the couple-stress (CS) strain gradient theory proposed by Fleck and Hutchinson (1993) and the strain gradient hardening (softening) law (C W) proposed by Chen and Wang (2000).

The Eshelby-type problem of an arbitrary-shape polygonal inclusion embedded in an infinite homogeneous isotropic elastic material is analytically solved using a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory (SSGET) that contains one material length scale parameter.

A coannular counterflow burner is used to create a strain gradient that quenches a central diffusion flame.

A strain gradient plasticity theory is used to describe the constitutive behavior of the material undergoing plastic deformations, whereas the generalized Hooke's law is invoked to represent the material response in the elastic region.

The modified a strain gradient theory with three length scale parameters is used to capture the size effect.

Both a stress gradient and a strain gradient approach are considered.

In this paper, we present a four-unknown shear deformation theory and then develop a shear deformable functionally graded cylindrical microshell model using the strain gradient elasticity theory.