This paper reports the results of a study into global and local conditions of uniqueness and the criteria excluding the possibility of bifurcation of the equilibrium state for small strains. The conditions and criteria are derived on the basis of an analysis of the problem of uniqueness of a solution involving the basic incremental boundary problem of coupled generalized thermo-elasto-plasticity. This work forms a follow-up of previous research (Śloderbach in Bifurcations criteria for equilibrium states in generalized thermoplasticity, IFTR Reports, 1980, Arch Mech 3(35):337-349, 351-367, 1983), but contains a new derivation of global and local criteria excluding a possibility of bifurcation of an equilibrium state regarding a comparison body dependent on the admissible fields of stress rate. The thermal elasto-plastic coupling effects, non-associated laws of plastic flow and influence of plastic strains on thermoplastic properties of a body were taken into account in this work. Thus, the mathematical problem considered here is not a self-conjugated problem.Keywords Bifurcation of the equilibrium state · Conditions and criteria of uniqueness · Boundary-value problem · Generalized coupled thermo-elasto-plasticity · Comparison bodies
IntroductionThe incremental boundary-value problem of generalized coupled thermoplasticity is formulated in this paper. This is followed by an interpretation of the uniqueness conditions for the solution of that problem. The necessary and sufficient local uniqueness conditions are deduced together with the global sufficient uniqueness condition. A similar incremental boundary-value problem of coupled generalized thermoplasticity was investigated and discussed [1,3]. In this paper, necessary and sufficient local and global conditions of uniqueness of solution of an incremental boundary-value problem of coupled generalized thermoplasticity for the case of small displacements gradients (small strains) are derived. Uniqueness conditions for the generalized coupled thermoplasticity [1][2][3] and suitable comparison bodies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] are identified for this purpose. The derived local and global uniqueness conditions are suitable necessary and sufficient conditions excluding occurrence of the bifurcation of equilibrium state in coupled generalized thermoplasticity and for suitable comparison bodies (also in isothermal loading processes).Early papers by Mróz [8,9] defined local conditions of uniqueness for solving an incremental boundary problem for the case of non-associated laws of plastic flow, for isothermal processes and small strains. A similar local condition was obtained by Hueckel and Maier in [10,11]. In their analysis, the stability of the material is defined by means of a condition which states that the half of the product of the stress rate tensor needs to be a positive value. The reported study was confined to the case of the isothermal theory of plasticity (with Communicated by Andreas Öchsner.
Z.Śloderbach (B)Faculty of Applications of Chemistry and Mechani...