A simple spectral representation of a second-order symmetric tensor and its variation

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHSOL.2023.105208arXiv2307.04478OpenAlexW4389688164MaRDI QIDQ6196340FDOQ6196340

Authors: Andrea Panteghini 

Publication date: 14 March 2024

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. A. Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The spectral decomposition of a symmetric, second-order tensor is widely adopted in many fields of Computational Mechanics. As an example, in elasto-plasticity under large strain and rotations, given the Cauchy deformation tensor, it is a fundamental step to compute the logarithmic strain tensor. Recently, this approach has been also adopted in small-strain isotropic plasticity to reconstruct the stress tensor as a function of its eigenvalues, allowing the formulation of predictor-corrector return algorithms in the invariants space. These algorithms not only reduce the number of unknowns at the constitutive level, but also allow the correct handling of stress states in which the plastic normals are undefined, thus ensuring a better convergence with respect to the standard approach. While the eigenvalues of a symmetric, second-order tensor can be simply computed as a function of the tensor invariants, the computation of its eigenbasis can be more difficult, especially when two or more eigenvalues are coincident. Moreover, when a Newton-Rhapson algorithm is adopted to solve nonlinear problems in Computational Mechanics, also the tensorial derivatives of the eigenbasis, whose computation is still more complicate, are required to assemble the tangent matrix. A simple and comprehensive method is presented, which can be adopted to compute a closed form representation of a second-order tensor, as well as their derivatives with respect to the tensor itself, allowing a simpler implementation of spectral decomposition of a tensor in Computational Mechanics applications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04478

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zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluetensor invariantlogarithmic strain tensorCauchy deformation tensorlarge/small-strain isotropic plasticitypredictor-corrector return algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices (65F15) Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (15A72) Small-strain, rate-independent theories of plasticity (including rigid-plastic and elasto-plastic materials) (74C05) Large-strain, rate-independent theories of plasticity (including nonlinear plasticity) (74C15) Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics (74S99)

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