The equivalence of the radial return and Mendelson methods for integrating the classical plasticity equations

Brett A. Bednarcyk*, Jacob Aboudi, Steven M. Arnold

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Abstract

The radial return method is a well-known algorithm for integrating the classical plasticity equations. Mendelson presented an alternative method for integrating these equations in terms of the so-called plastic strain-total strain plasticity relations. In the present communication, it is shown that, although the two methods appear to be unrelated, they are actually equivalent. A table is provided demonstrating the step by step correspondence of the radial return and Mendelson algorithms in the case of isotropic hardening.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)733-737
Number of pages5
JournalComputational Mechanics
Volume41
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2008

Keywords

  • Classical plasticity
  • Mendelson method
  • Radial return method

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