I ahmadi - school of mechanics

In this paper the elasto -plastic and cyclic torsional loading of a shaft is studied. The prager kinematic hardening theory of plasticity with the ramberg and osgood stress-strain equation is used to evaluate the cyclic loading behavior of a shaft under the torsional load.

cyclic loading , prager kinematic hardening model , finite element analysis, torsion of shaft ramberg and osgood stress - strain equation.