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On the Structural Response of Elasto/Viscoplastic Materials Subject to Time-Dependent Loadings

F. De Angelis¹

1 Department of Structural Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy. (email: fabio.deangelis@unina.it)

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring 2012, 8(4), 341-358. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.341

Abstract

The influence of different loading rates on the structural response of elasto/viscoplastic materials is illustrated with specific numerical examples. An associated formulation of the evolutive laws in elasto/viscoplasticity is presented within the framework of the generalized standard material model with internal variables. An appropriate solution scheme is applied which is capable to be adopted for different constitutive models. Different loading programs are analyzed by considering different values of the loading rate and of the intrinsic properties of the material. Computational applications and examples are illustrated which describe the rate-dependency of the elasto/viscoplastic material behavior. The significance of the loading program and the loading rate is therefore emphasized with respect to the nonlinear structural response of elasto/viscoplastic materials.

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