A large-deformation strain-gradient theory for isotropic viscoplastic materials

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 420-453

  Lele, Suvrat P ^a   Anand, Lallit ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive behavior; Finite elements; Strain gradients; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; PROGRAMMING THEORY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRENGTHENING (METAL); VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE THEORIES; DEFORMATION STRAINS; DEFORMATION THEORIES; EQUIVALENT PLASTIC STRAINS; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FLOW RULES; FORCE BALANCES; GEOMETRICALLY NECESSARY DISLOCATIONS; INDENTATION DEPTHS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; MICRO FORCES; MICROSTRESS; MICROSTRESSES; NON LOCALS; PLANE STRAINS; PLASTIC STRAIN RATES; PURE BENDING; SECOND-ORDER PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SHEAR BAND WIDTHS; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS; SIZE EFFECTS; STANDARD FINITE ELEMENTS; STRAIN-GRADIENTS; STRAIN-HARDENING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VISCOPLASTIC FLOWS; VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 59649114158     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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