Plasticity
2D single element tests:
- plane strain with perfect plasticity
- plane strain with isotropic hardening
- plane strain comparing kinematic and isotropic hardening
- plane stress with perfect plasticity
- plane stress with isotropic hardening
3D single element tests:
- with perfect plasticity
- with isotropic hardening
Axisymmetric test with perfect plasticity
Axisymmetric test with isotropic hardening
Plane strain cylinder incompressibility test
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2D two-bar assembly under constant axial load and cyclic temperatures of differing values in each bar:
- with kinematic hardening and thermal load in one bar only, to test elastic shakedown
- with kinematic hardening and larger thermal load amplitude, to test alternating plasticity
- with kinematic hardening and thermal load in both bars, to test different elastic shakedown in each bar
- with perfect plasticity and thermal load in one bar only, to test thermal ratcheting
2D beam with constant end load and cyclic temperature gradient:
- with kinematic hardening, to test elastic/plastic shakedown and cyclic plastic strain accumulation
2D plane strain rigid punch test under prescribed displacements, with many elements:
- with perfect plasticity, testing the solution towards the limit load
- with isotropic bilinear hardening
Thin square plate with uniform load and perfect plasticity:
- with simply supported edges, testing the solution towards the limit load
- with clamped edges, testing the solution towards the limit load
2D plane strain thick cylinder under temperature transient followed by fluctuating internal pressure:
- with both elastic-plastic and creep behaviour over 4 stages; non-proportional loading
2D plane stress half of an eccentric tube under constant internal pressure and cyclically varying through-thickness temperature gradient:
- with perfect plasticity, testing ratcheting and alternating plasticity
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