Kinematic and Isotropic Hardening

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Kinematic and isotropic hardening are two concepts in material science related to the behavior of materials under stress. Kinematic hardening involves the movement of the yield surface in stress space while maintaining its size, allowing for a permanent set in the material when the load is released. In contrast, isotropic hardening entails an increase in the size of the yield surface while keeping its center fixed in stress space. This means that as stress increases, the material hardens, but the yield surface expands uniformly. A mixed hardening model combines aspects of both kinematic and isotropic hardening. For further reading, several online resources and textbooks are suggested, which provide detailed explanations and illustrations of these concepts.
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Hello,

Could anyone help explain what Kinematic and Isotropic hardening are. Any brief explanation or reference to a good book that explains these topics would be very useful.

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I don't spend a lot of time dealing with yielding, so my answer is going to be very basic and fundamental. You'll want to get someone like Mapes or Astronuc in here to help.

Imagine the three orthogonal axes about a point of which the axes are \sigma_1, \sigma_1 and \sigma_3. Now draw a sphere around that point. That sphere will coincide with the elastic limit. As the stress at a point increases, a path will go from the state of 0 stress to somewhere in this strress space until it eventually hits the yield surface. As you push past the yield surface by increasing stresses, the material will harden and cause a permanent set in the material when the load is released. For isentropic hardening, the yield surface will grow in size and it will have its center remain in the same place in the stress space. For kinematic, the yield surface moves but the size stays the same. There is also a mixture of the two called mixed hardening.http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/en222/Notes/plasticity/plasticity.htm

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fecow.engr.wisc.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fget%2Fmsae%2F441%2Fstone%2Fnotes%2Fmse441lectureno.20kinematicvsisotropichardening.ppt&ei=Tbu2SZmIEaGbtwfen-yyCQ&usg=AFQjCNG2Y5QXYXcNcVUWdNuihF2pr0ktKA&sig2=FsGt4XflMFcQsytLBtsr9w

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpersonalwebs.oakland.edu%2F~l8smith%2Fjunk3%2FNewMetalFormingNotes%2Fch%25204%2520hardening.pdf&ei=Tbu2SZmIEaGbtwfen-yyCQ&usg=AFQjCNGgVfgHikwcz07S9rkZskt5ShRncg&sig2=iX2hshd2ALJx82aMysbBYQ

http://books.google.com/books?id=P2...X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA217,M1
 
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