We develop a fully implicit stress-return algorithm for a wide range of nonlocal inelastic models (of integral type) with coupling among integration points. Two examples of nonlocal models are presented, which combine plasticity with either damage or breakage. Using these models, we emphasize the need for a versatile integration scheme for nonlocal incremental constitutive equations. Furthermore, these models are used to demonstrate the importance of adequately selecting the way constitutive equations for softening materials are regularized. The stress update process requires the construction of a nonlocal constitutive matrix: we highlight and take advantage of its sparsity. Numerical solutions to relevant structural and geomechanical boundary value problems are used to demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
miércoles, 2 de diciembre de 2009
A stress-return algorithm for nonlocal constitutive models of softening materials
We develop a fully implicit stress-return algorithm for a wide range of nonlocal inelastic models (of integral type) with coupling among integration points. Two examples of nonlocal models are presented, which combine plasticity with either damage or breakage. Using these models, we emphasize the need for a versatile integration scheme for nonlocal incremental constitutive equations. Furthermore, these models are used to demonstrate the importance of adequately selecting the way constitutive equations for softening materials are regularized. The stress update process requires the construction of a nonlocal constitutive matrix: we highlight and take advantage of its sparsity. Numerical solutions to relevant structural and geomechanical boundary value problems are used to demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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