A priori stability estimates and unconditionally stable product formula algorithms for nonlinear coupled thermoplasticity (Q1310320)

The paper describes stability estimates for coupled thermoplastic nonlinear systems at finite strains and presents a fractional step method leading to a class of unconditionally stable staggered algorithms. These results are shown to hold for general models of multiplicative plasticity that include, as a particular case, the single-crystal model. The proposed product formula algorithm is designed via an entropy based operator splitting that yields algorithms that retain the property of nonlinear unconditional stability. The scheme employs an isentropic step, in which the total entropy is held constant, followed by a heat conduction step (with nonlinear source) at fixed configuration.