Variational formulations for the plane strain elastic-plastic problem for materials governed by the von Mises criterion (Q677050)

The paper presents variational formulations for elastic-plastic solids of elastically isotropic and plastic path-dependent materials for the plane strain problem. The plastic behaviour is governed by the von Mises criterion together with the Drucker postulate. Two variational statements are provided for the rate plasticity problem and extended to cover the finite loading steps. The first formulation is essentially kinematic in nature, whereas the second one is of Hu-Washizu type and reduces the problem to the determination of the saddle point of a functional.