Thermomechanical cycling, simulation

Figure 4.13 Numerical simulation for samples with (a) 30% pre-strain and (b) 10% pre-strain during the entire thermomechanical cycle (the four steps for the entire thermomechanical cycle for the specimen with 120 min of stress relaxation time during programming are also shown). Source [61] Reproduced with permission from Elsevier...

Figure 4.23 Comparison of numerical simulation with experimental results for the full thermomechanical cycle (a) strain evolution with 30% pre-strain, (b) strain evolution with 20% pre-strain, and (c) thermomechanial cycle in terms of the stress-strain-time response. Source [86] Reproduced with permission from ASME...

Figure 4.24 Comparison of numerical simulation with test results for a 2-D traditional thermomechanical cycle. Source [86] Reproduced with permission from ASME...

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