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Inserted: 3 feb 2011
Last Updated: 9 jul 2012

Journal: SIAM J. Math. Anal.
Volume: 44
Pages: 245-292
Year: 2012

Abstract:

Non-associative elasto-plasticity is the working model of plasticity for soil and rocks mechanics. Yet, it is usually viewed as non-variational. In this work, we prove a contrario the existence of a variational evolution for such a model under a natural capping assumption on the hydrostatic stresses and a less natural mollification of the stress admissibility constraint. The obtained elasto-plastic evolution is expressed for times that are conveniently rescaled.

Keywords: quasistatic evolution, rate-independent processes, Functions of Bounded Deformation, Elasto-Plasticity

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