Thermally Induced Creep
Application ID: 207
Creep is an inelastic time-dependent deformation which occurs when a material is subjected to stress at sufficiently high temperature, say 40% of the melting point or more.
Experimental creep data (using constant stress and temperature) often display three different types of behavior for the creep strain rate as function of time:
- In the initial primary creep regime the creep strain rate decreases with time.
- In the secondary creep regime the creep strain rate is almost constant.
- In the final tertiary creep regime the creep strain increases with time until a failure occurs.
This model computes the stress history over a long time for a material that exhibits creep behavior. The model is taken from NAFEMS Understanding Non-Linear Finite Analysis Through Illustrative Benchmarks. The displacement and stress levels are compared with the values given in the reference.
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- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- Nonlinear Structural Materials Module and
- either the MEMS Module, or Structural Mechanics Module
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