Theoretical, numerical and identification aspects of a new model class for ductile damage (Q1614453)

The paper deals with a complete description of a class of metallic materials with varying porosity, for simulating isotropic ductile damage. The author proposes a new model for ductile damage in the framework of multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient into elastic and plastic components. First of all, it is introduced a yield function with a structure dependent on a process vector, which collectively summarizes the void volume fraction, the matrix plastic strain and possible other process variables, in terms of the first invariant of the Kirchhoff stress and the second invariant of its deviatoric part. The model account for a non-associated flow rule, via a generalized plastic potential with the same structure as for the yield function, in terms of the Lie derivative of elastic left Cauchy-Green tensor. The void growth rate is assumed to be proportional to the plastic volume dilatation rate. All the material constants of the model, characterizing the inelastic behaviour, are calibrated based on experimental data. The identification aspects are analyzed using a least-squares functional, but for non-homogeneous behaviour the simulated data are obtained from finite element computations. Numerical aspects discussed in the paper refer to the integration scheme, spectral decomposition and spatial algorithmic tangent operator. The experimental results are simulated for three carbon steels revealing a very good agreement with experiments.