Sensitivity analysis of hyperelastic-viscoplastic solids undergoing large deformations (Q1804494)

This paper presents a new algorithm for sensitivity recovery in nonlinear solid mechanics problems. The material behavior is modeled by a unified viscoplastic constitutive model, together with a hyperelastic law. This algorithm is derived by the direct differentiation approach. The accuracy of this scheme is validated through several numerical tests. This algorithm can be implemented in a sensitivity version of the standard finite element method or boundary element method to obtain sensitivity coefficients for more general problems such as those for metal forming processes.