Duplex model for homogenized elastic-viscoplastic behavior of plate-fin structures at high temperatures

In this study, a duplex model is developed as a constitutive model for the homogenized elastic-viscoplastic behavior of a class of plate-fin structures operating at high temperatures. This model consists of plate and fin layers, which are individually ruled by different macro-constitutive models. An anisotropic, compressible power-law equation that was derived in a recent study by the present authors is used to describe the homogenized viscoplastic behavior of the fin layer. On the other hand, an isotropic, incompressible power-law equation is used as the macro-constitutive equation of the plate layer. The duplex model developed is applied to an ultra-fine plate-fin structure made of Hastelloy X. It is shown that the duplex model is more successful under multiaxial loading than the corresponding simplex model in which plates and fins are non-separately homogenized. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.