Study on the Shear Band Thickness in Classical Continua by a Decomposed Deformation Field for Granular Materials
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 145, Issue 11
Abstract
Shear banding is often regarded as a discontinuity problem that occurs in a sample of materials with finite dimension. The shear band thickness is studied in the context of classical continuum mechanics with apparently no intrinsic length scale to relate local and global behavior of the sample. The method of decomposed deformation field has been presented to simulate the behavior of a sample of finite dimension with a localized deformation. The procedure has been explained for a simple problem of biaxial loading, and a procedure to estimate the shear band thickness based on experimental observations is presented.
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Volume 145 • Issue 11 • November 2019
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Received: Nov 16, 2018
Accepted: Mar 14, 2019
Published online: Aug 24, 2019
Published in print: Nov 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Jan 24, 2020
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