3. Parameters of the law#

The material parameters required to use the model in Code_Aster via the DEFI_MATERIAU command (see doc U4.43.01) are as follows:

ASTER

Symbol

Definition

EPS0

\({\varepsilon }_{0}\)

Parameter acting on the kinetics of viscoplastic deformation

K

\(K\)

Parameter governing the hyperbolic sine behavior of the viscoplastic law

H1

\({h}_{1}\)

Work hardening module

H2

\({h}_{2}\)

Work hardening module

DELTA1

\({\delta }_{1}\)

Choice of the type of work hardening

DELTA2

\({\delta }_{2}\)

Choice of the type of work hardening

H1ST

\({H}_{1}^{\text{*}}\)

Saturation value of work hardening, in the non-linear case

H2ST

\({H}_{2}^{\text{*}}\)

Saturation value of work hardening, in the non-linear case

BIGA

\({A}_{0}\)

Parameter acting on damage kinetics

SIG0

\({\sigma }_{0}\)

Parameter governing the hyperbolic sine behavior of the law of damage

ALPHAD

\({\alpha }_{\text{D}}\)

Coefficient affecting the effective stress for the calculation of damage

KC

\({k}_{c}\)

Parameter governing microstructural damage kinetics

S_EQUI_D

\({\alpha }_{\sigma }\)

Choice of maximum hydrostatic or main stress

Parameters \({\alpha }_{\text{D}}\), \({k}_{c}\), and \({\alpha }_{\sigma }\) are optional and have zero values by default.

The identification of the coefficients of the viscoplastic part of the model is carried out from creep tests at various stress levels.

Once this identification has been carried out, the coefficients driving the damage can be identified from long creep tests at low stress for which a drop in ductility is observed (drop in deformations at break).

A typical example of identification is detailed in [bib2].