r7.01.39 Rankine’s law# Summary: This document introduces the method for resolving Rankine’s law. 1. Introduction 2. Local integration of Rankine’s law 2.1. Cases where only one mechanism is active 2.2. Cases where two mechanisms are active 2.3. Case of the projection at the top of the cone 2.4. Internal variables of the model 3. Expression of the tangent matrix in the main base 3.1. Cases where only one mechanism is active 3.2. Cases where two mechanisms are active 3.3. Case of the projection at the top of the cone 4. Expression of the tangent matrix in the global base 4.1. Introductory remark 4.2. Application to the case of Rankine 4.3. Scheme for resolving the law of behavior 5. Appendix: some results on isotropic symmetric tensors of order two 5.1. Definition of an isotropic symmetric tensor 5.2. Derivative of an isotropic tensor function of order two 6. Appendix: tensor ratings convention