Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

V. Crismale

Energetic solutions for the coupling of associative plasticity with damage in geomaterials

created by crismale on 17 Sep 2021
modified on 13 Feb 2025

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Inserted: 17 sep 2021
Last Updated: 13 feb 2025

Journal: Nonlinear Analysis
Volume: 222
Number: 112957
Year: 2022
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.na.2022.112957

ArXiv: 2109.08450 PDF

Abstract:

We prove existence of globally stable quasistatic evolutions, referred to as energetic solutions, for a model proposed by Marigo and Kazymyrenko in 2019. The behaviour of geomaterials under compression is studied through the coupling of Drucker-Prager plasticity model with a damage term tuning kinematical hardening. This provides a new approach to the modelling of geomaterials, for which non associative plasticity is usually employed. % The present coupling is such that The kinematical hardening is null where the damage is complete, so there the behaviour is perfectly plastic. We analyse the model combining tools from the theory of capacity and from the treatment of linearly elastic materials with cracks.


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