A thermoviscoplastic computational method for hypersonic structures is presented. The method employs a unified viscoplastic constitutive model implemented in a finite element approach for quasi-static thermal-structural analysis. Applications of the approach to convectively cooled hypersonic structures illustrate the effectiveness of the approach and provide insight into the transient inelastic structural behavior at elevated temperatures.
Thermo-viscoplastic analysis of hypersonic structures subjected to severe aerodynamic heating
AIAA, ASME, ASCE, AHS, and ASC, Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference ; 1989 ; Mobile, AL, United States
1989-01-01
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