An Effective Computational Approach for the Numerical Simulation of Elasto-/Viscoplastic Solid Materials

Abstract

The effects of different loading programs on the elasto-/viscoplastic behavior of rate-sensitive materials are analyzed with specific numerical examples. An appropriate solution scheme and a consistent tangent operator are applied which are capable of being adopted for general computational procedures. Numerical computations and results are reported which illustrate the rate-dependence of the elasto-/viscoplastic constitutive model in use. In the numerical analysis the loading is applied by increasing the pressure and accordingly a nondimensional loading program parameter is introduced. In the numerical results the significance of the loading program is thus emphasized with reference to the nonlinear response of the elasto-/viscoplastic material behavior of solids.