Open AccessConstructal Hypothesis for Mechanical Deformation
Author(s) -
Atanu Chatterjee
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v1i4.280
Subject(s) - constructal law , materials science , deformation (meteorology) , composite material , morphing , fracture (geology) , mechanics , structural engineering , engineering , physics , heat transfer , computer science , computer vision
Mild Steel specimen, when subjected to tensile forces shows considerable plastic deformation before fracture. A cross-section of the fractured specimen has the familiar cup cone form and shows traces of a three dimensional parabolic geometry. The morphing of the steel specimen from a volume to a point as a spontaneous, entropy producing or energy dispersing process is analysed using the Constructal law.