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Based on projection operators, an integral formulation is proposed for elastoviscoplastic heterogeneous materials. The problem requires a complete mechanical formulation, including the static equilibrium property concerning the known field σ, in addition to the classical field equations concerning the unknown fields ɛ˙ and σ˙. The formulation leads to an integral equation, in which elasticity and viscoplasticity effects interact through an homogeneous elastoviscoplastic medium with elastic moduli C and viscoplastic moduli B.
To approximate the integral equation, the self-consistent scheme is followed. In order to obtain consistent approximation conditions, we introduce fluctuations of elastic and viscoplastic strain rate fields with respect to known kinematically compatible fields. It results in a strain rate concentration relation connecting the strain rate at each point to the macroscopic loading conditions and the local stress field. The results are presented and compared with other models and with experimental data in the case of a two-phase material.
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Received 26 August 1997; accepted for publication 2 July 1998
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Paquin, A., Sabar, H. & Berveiller, M. Integral formulation and self-consistent modelling of elastoviscoplastic behavior of heterogeneous materials. Archive of Applied Mechanics 69, 14–35 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004190050201
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004190050201