A general approach is presented for analyzing the steady-state creep response and its underlying mechanisms in metal-ceramic multilayers subjected to monotonic or cyclic variations in temperature. This approach combines the plate or beam theories of continuum mechanics with the mechanism-based classical constitutive equations for steady-state creep. The method is capable of predicting the evolution of overall curvature in the layered solid, the generation of thermal stresses within each layer, and the dominant deformation mechanisms at any through-thickness location of each layer at any instant of time or temperature for prescribed layer geometries, thermo-mechanical properties of the constituent layers, and the applied thermal history.
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