Strain- and stress-based continuum damage models. II. Computational aspects (Q1097100)

In Part I [see the summary above (Zbl 0634.73106)] of this work we developed continuum isotropic and anisotropic elastoplastic-damage models, formulated either in strain space on the basis of the effective stress concept, or in stress space and employing the dual notion of effective strain. In Part II we consider in detail the variational formulation and subsequent numerical implementation of these models. The former relies crucially on the notions of maximum plastic and maximum damage dissipation. The latter makes systematic use of the operator splitting methodology to derive unconditionally stable algorithms for the numerical integration of the elastoplastic-damage equations of evolution. Appropriate extensions to treat the proposed rate-dependent (viscous) damage are also presented. For stress-based damage models, our numerical treatment relies on a new three-step operator split. The algorithms developed lead to simple and efficient stress update procedures suitable for large-scale finite element calculations. Application is made to a class of inviscid and rate-dependent cap models with an isotropic strain- based damage mechanism. Remarkably good agreement with existing experimental data the includes complicated stress paths is obtained. Numerical examples are also presented that demonstrate the good performance of the proposed algorithms.