Deformation elastic constants

The diagonal elements of the elastic tensor are knovm as deformation elastic constants for splay (fCjj), twist (K22) and bend (K33). They reflect configurations in which the director is constant within or parallel to a plane (see Figure 4.2). 

Elasticity. Glasses, like other britde materials, deform elastically until they break in direct proportion to the appHed stress. The Young s modulus E is the constant of proportionaUty between the appHed stress and the resulting strain. It is about 70 GPa (10 psi) [(0.07 MPa stress per )Tm/m strain = (0.07 MPa-m) / Tm)] for a typical glass. 

Boltzmann s constant, and T is tempeiatuie in kelvin. In general, the creep resistance of metal is improved by the incorporation of ceramic reinforcements. The steady-state creep rate as a function of appHed stress for silver matrix and tungsten fiber—silver matrix composites at 600°C is an example (Fig. 18) (52). The modeling of creep behavior of MMCs is compHcated because in the temperature regime where the metal matrix may be creeping, the ceramic reinforcement is likely to be deforming elastically. 

Assuming constant volume (valid if v = 0.5 or, if not, plastic deformation elastic deformation) ... 

The restrictions on engineering constants can also be used in the solution of practical engineering analysis problems. For example, consider a differential equation that has several solutions depending on the relative values of the coefficients in the differential equation. Those coefficients in a physical problem of deformation of a body involve the elastic constants. The restrictions on elastic constants can then be used to determine which solution to the differential equation is applicable. 

The consequences of this approximation are well known. While E s is good enough for calculating bulk moduli it will fail for deformations of the crystal that do not preserve symmetry. So it cannot be used to calculate, for example, shear elastic constants or phonons. The reason is simple. changes little if you rotate one atomic sphere... 

Creep and stress relation Creep and stress relaxation behavior for plastics are closely related to each other and one can be predicted from knowledge of the other. Therefore, such deformations in plastics can be predicted by the use of standard elastic stress analysis formulas where the elastic constants E and y can be replaced by their viscoelastic equivalents given in Eqs. 2-19 and 2-20. 

Following Pethica and Sutton (1988), the mechanical loop of STM responses to the force and exhibits an elastic deformation. By formally introduce an elastic constant a, the deformation is... 

For a well-designed, rigid STM, the deformation takes place predominately near the end of the tip. In this case, the elastic constant a is... 

Work in groups of four. A tensile specimen of 0.505-in. diameter and 2-in. gauge length is subjected to a load of 10,000 Ibf that causes it to elasticly deform at constant volume to a gauge length of 2.519 in. 

For a nematic LC, the preferred orientation is one in which the director is parallel everywhere. Other orientations have a free-energy distribution that depends on the elastic constants, K /. The orientational elastic constants K, K22 and K33 determine respectively splay, twist and bend deformations. Values of elastic constants in LCs are around 10 N so that free-energy difference between different orientations is of the order of 5 x 10 J m the same order of magnitude as surface energy. A thin layer of LC sandwiched between two aligned surfaces therefore adopts an orientation determined by the surfaces. This fact forms the basis of most electrooptical effects in LCs. Display devices based on LCs are discussed in Chapter 7. 

The application of force to a stationary or moving system can be described in static, kinematic, or dynamic terms that define the mechanical similarity of processing equipment and the solids or liquids within their confines. Static similarity relates the deformation under constant stress of one body or structure to that of another it exists when geometric similarity is maintained even as elastic or plastic deformation of stressed structural components occurs [53], In contrast, kinematic similarity encompasses the additional dimension of time, while dynamic similarity involves the forces (e.g., pressure, gravitational, centrifugal) that accelerate or retard moving masses in dynamic systems. The inclusion of tune as another dimension necessitates the consideration of corresponding times, t and t, for which the time scale ratio t, defined as t = t It, is a constant. 

The molecular theory of elasticity of polymeric networks which leads to the equation of state, Eq. (28), rests on the following basic postulates Undeformed polymeric chains of elastic networks adopt random configurations or spatial arrangements in the bulk amorphous state. The stress resulting from the deformation of such networks originates within the elastically active chains and not from interactions between them. It means that the stress exhibited by a strained network is assumed to be entirely intramolecular in origin and intermolecular interactions play no role in deformations (at constant volume and composition). 

Fig. 23. Deformation and recurrent deformation at constant stress as a function of time, (a) total deformation at high stress (nonlinear behavior, relaxation time rai), (a ) deformation at low stress, (b) viscous flow, (b ) viscous flow at low stress, (c) purely elastic deformation for high stress, and for low stress (c ), (d) and (d ) recurrent effects (diffusion process)...

The fundamental quantities in elasticity are second-order tensors, or dyadicx the deformation is represented by the strain thudte. and the internal forces are represented by Ihe stress dyadic. The physical constitution of the defurmuble body determines ihe relation between the strain dyadic and the stress dyadic, which relation is. in the infinitesimal theory, assumed lo be linear and homogeneous. While for anisotropic bodies this relation may involve as much as 21 independent constants, in the euse of isotropic bodies, the number of elastic constants is reduced lo two. 

It has been shown 65,68) that the threshold voltage is a function of the dielectric anisotropy Ae and the elastic constants of splay (ku), twist (k22) and bend (k33) deformation of the nematic phase (Fig. 17) ... 

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