Plasticity theory of microinhomogeneous materials at large strain gradient (Q1324630)

The paper contains the development of a general micromechanical approach to describe the behavior of heterogeneous media under macroscopically linear varied boundary data and for arbitrary body and inertia forces. Thus Hill's formulae for the representative volume of the microheterogeneous materials under macroscopically uniform boundary conditions are generalized for boundary data corresponding to linear distributed macroscopic stress or strain tensors and the presence of non- uniformly distributed inertia and body forces. Relations for macroscopic stress, hyperstress, distortion and distortion gradient tensors are obtained. Energy identities are proved. Expressions for macroscopic inelastic strain and strain gradients, internal energy and elastic moduli are derived. The macroscopic normality principle for time-dependent and time-independent materials in stress-hyperstress space is substantial. It is found that the effective elastic constants are independent of the inelastic strain distribution.