Author(s)

A. Scarpas, J. Blaauwendraad, R. Al-Khoury and C. van Gurp

Abstract

An extensive experimental and analytical investigation is currently being carried out on the mecha- nisms leading to the initiation and propagation of damage in viscoplastic materials. One of the major goals of the investigation is the development and the finite elements implementation of a generalised triaxial, strain rate sensitive, history and temperature dependent constitutive model. Explicit proce- dures have been formulated for the experimental determination of the model parameters. As a mini- mum, only uniaxial test results are needed for determination of the basic parameters. The model has been implemented in the finite elem

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