Internal stress in a model elastoplastic fluid

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Sep 2;95(10):108301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.108301. Epub 2005 Aug 30.

Abstract

Plastic materials can carry memory of past mechanical treatment in the form of internal stress. We introduce a natural definition of the vorticity of internal stress in a simple two-dimensional model of elastoplastic fluids, which generates the internal stress. We demonstrate how the internal stress is induced under external loading, and how the presence of the internal stress modifies the plastic behavior.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cytoskeleton / chemistry
  • Elasticity
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Stress, Mechanical

Substances

  • Polymers