
introduced measures of material stiffness as determined from a uniaxial stress-
strain curve for the material in question.
Careful examination of either equation (D-78) or (D-79) will reveal a characteristic
of the relations, the resolution of which is not immediately obvious. Notice that
these sets of equations, intended for use in a state of multi-dimensional inelastic
deformation, contain moduli that are valid only for uniaxial loads. The implication
is that the correspondence between these two stress states is of critical
significance in the solution of practical problems. In fact, this correspondence is
of such a crucial nature that we will postpone a presentation of the complete set
of elastic-plastic constitutive equations until we have resolved this interrelation.
D.5.6 The Effective Stress
Throughout the previous three sections, the complex relations for inelastic
behavior under multi-dimensional loading have been discussed by providing
analogies between simple uniaxial loading and more complex stress states (in
particular, recall Figures D-8 and D-10). In practice, the correspondence is even
more intimate.
Consider the question of the appropriate material parameters to be used in a
problem involving complex loading. For pure elastic behavior, the answer is
relatively simple. Because of the constant values of the elastic material
parameters
and
, and the linearity of the governing equations, a simple
superposition argument can be employed to arrive at a full set of elastic
constitutive relations using only the results of a uniaxial tension test.
Unfortunately, after initial yield occurs, the material parameters are no longer
constant and the governing equations are no longer linear. However, there is still
a need to predict inelastic response using a minimum of experimental data.
Fortunately, within the confines of a reasonably accurate plasticity theory, this
need can be realized.
Let us introduce the effective stress,
e
, defined by:
()
σ σσσσσσσσσ
e
= ++− − −
1
2
2
2
3
2
12 13 23
1
2
(D-80)
Comparing equation (D-80) with equations (D-73) and (D-75) we arrive at the
following alternate expressions for the yield condition,
σσσσ
yey
''
,=≥
y
(D-81)
f
ey
=−=
σσ
22
0
'
(D-82)
and the correspondence
13
summarized in Table D-4 and Figure D-11.
13
Note that for uniaxial loading, for example,
123
00
, , the effective stress
and the nonzero uniaxial stress are tantamount.
Casing/Tubing Design Manual D-33
October 2005