Integral-equation representations of flow elastoplasticity derived from rate-equation models (Q1202369)

Two integral-equation representations are presented, based on the exact integrations of the conventional rate-equation model of associative \(J_ 2\) flow elastoplasticity with combined-isotropic-kinematic hardening- softening. Among them the strain-controlled integral-equation representation has two new naturally defined material functions \(Y(Z)\) and \(U(Z)\) of the normalized active work \(Z\), which plays the role of intrinsic time. One of the immediate benefits derivable from the new representations is, owing to the explicit unfolding of the highly nonlinear path-dependence between stress and strain without a detour to the evolutions of internal state variables, their adaptability for direct calculations without any iteration.