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A vectroized elastic/plastic power law hardening material model including Lueders strain

Stone, C.M.; Wellman, G.W.; Krieg, R.D.

An elastic/plastic material model has been developed for use with the suite of Sandia Engineering Analysis Department finite element codes. This model describes post-yield strain hardening by a power law equation involving the equivalent plastic strain and includes a yield plateau or Lueders strain region. This combination of power law hardening and Lueders strain accurately represents the mechanical behavior of a large number of commonly used engineering materials. The material model is vectorized to take advantage of current super-computer architecture. The model shows only a modest increase in CPU time over the linear hardening material model currently in the codes. Several example problems are presented to show the accuracy and flexibility of the elastic/plastic power law hardening model. 12 refs., 10 figs., 3 tabs.