Retrieved from Vol. 27, No. 1, 2023
Pages 323 -334
Received 30.09.2022
Revised 18.03.2023
Accepted 30.03.2023
Retrieved from Vol. 27, No. 1, 2023
Pages 323 -334
Abstract
A distinctive feature of the phenomenon of the emergence of thermal stresses in elastic bodies and structures, as a rule, is due not to the fact that when their temperature changes and they are deformed, but to the fact that they cannot be freely deformed. So, if the body is homogeneous and no external constraints are imposed on its displacements, then at a constant or linearly changing along spatially variable temperature, the thermal stress in it is equal to zero. Three mechanisms of thermal stress generation are singled out in the work: external, internal and gradient. An external mechanism takes place when external restrictions are imposed on the movements of the body. The internal mechanism is found in systems with non-uniform thermomechanical properties: in composites, in road and bridge coatings. The gradient mechanism is realized with rapid changes in temperature fields in time and space. The paper analyzes the manifestation of the conditions for the absence of thermal stresses, as well as the mechanisms of their generation in the construction of road and bridge pavements. The issues of reducing these stresses are discussed.
Keywords:
thermal stress; composite materials; elastic bodies; road coatings; thermal destruction