The torsion of a composite, nonlinear-elastic cylinder with an inclusion having initial large strains

This article considers a static problem of torsion of a cylinder composed of incompressible, nonlinear-elastic materials at large deformations. The cylinder contains a central, round, cylindrical inclusion that was initially twisted and stretched (or compressed) along the axis and fastened to a strainless, external, hollow cylinder. The problem statement and solution are based on the theory of superimposed large strains. An accurate analytical solution of this problem based on the universal solution for the incompressible material is obtained for arbitrary nonlinear-elastic isotropic incompressible materials. The detailed investigation of the obtained solution is performed for the case in which the cylinders are composed of Mooney-type materials. The Poynting effect is considered, and it is revealed that composite cylinder torsion can involve both its stretching along the axis and compression in this direction without axial force, depending on the initial deformation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.