Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY
Volume 30-31, Issue -, Pages 116-143Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2011.10.002
Keywords
Plasticity; Strain softening; Shear bands; Strain gradients; Finite elements
Funding
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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We present a large deformation gradient theory for rate-independent, isotropic elasticplastic materials in which in addition to the standard equivalent tensile plastic strain (epsilon) over bar (p), a variable e(p) is introduced for the purpose of regularization of numerical simulations of shear band formation under strain softening conditions. Specifically, in contrast to traditional gradient theories which are based on (epsilon) over bar (p) and del(epsilon) over bar (P), here we develop a theory which depends on (epsilon) over bar (p), e(p), and the gradient del e(p), with the latter chosen to represent a measure of the inhomogeneity of the microscale plasticity. We have numerically implemented a two-dimensional plane strain version of our theory in a commercial finite element program by writing a user-element subroutine. Representative examples which demonstrate the ability of the theory and its numerical implementation to satisfactorily model large-deformation strain-softening response accompanied by intense localized shear bands - with no pathological mesh-dependence - are provided. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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