Micromechanics of contact and interphase layers. (Q886631)

The main objective is to present micromechanical modelling tools that are suitable for the micromechanical analysis of interfaces and interfaces layers. The author describes several modelling tools, ranging from the rigorous method of asymptotic expansions to practical finite element simulations, suitable for this class of problems. The content and the organization of this book are briefly outlined below. In Chap. 2, selected basic concepts, definitions and relationships are introduced, including the interior-exterior decomposition, compatibility conditions, and elements of homogenization. In Chap. 3, the mixed form of constitutive equations applicable, for instance, to thin homogeneous layers is introduced, and this formalism is next developed to a phenomenological model of real contact area evolution in metal forming. In Chap. 4, the method of asymptotic expansions is applied to derive the equations of boundary layers which are induced by micro-inhomogeneous boundary conditions, e.g. by contact of rough bodies. In Chap. 5, micromechanical analysis of boundary layers is carried out by introducing a special averaging operation, and properties of corresponding averages are derived. Finally, in Chap. 6, the finite element analysis of contact boundary layers is carried out. Asperity ploughing and flattening processes are analyzed, and the effect of microscopic in-plane strain on the contact response is studied. A brief introduction to martensitic microstructures in shape memory alloys is proved in Chap. 7 along with a short discussion of microstructure and interfacial energy of transition layer at the austenite-twinned martensite interface. In Chap. 8, a micromechanical model of evolution of laminated microstructures in single crystals undergoing stress-induced transformation is developed by combining micro-macro transition relations with a rate-independent phase transformation criterion. Finally, in Chap. 9 an approach is developed for the prediction of microstructural parameters of stress-induced martensitic plates.