A note concerning power-type constitutive equations of deformation and fracture of solids

doi:10.1016/0020-7225(82)90015-5

International Journal of Engineering Science

Volume 20, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 187-191

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Abstract

The applicability of the power-type constitutive equations in mechanics of deformation and fracture of solids is related to a deep physical property of the process under consideration: its self-similarity. This self-similarity is, however, an incomplete one, so the power exponents cannot be determined from the dimensional considerations only.

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A note concerning power-type constitutive equations of deformation and fracture of solids

Abstract

Creep Problems in Structural Members

Izvestia AN SSSR, Mechanics of Solids

J. Mater. Sci.

Plasticity