A cell-centered Lagrangian finite volume approach for computing elasto-plastic response of solids in cylindrical axisymmetric geometries

  • Authors:

  • Shiv Kumar Sambasivan;Mikhail J. Shashkov;Donald E. Burton

  • Affiliations:

  • Computational Physics Group (CCS-2), Computer, Computational and Statistical Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States;X Computational Physics Group (XCP4), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States;X Computational Physics Group (XCP4), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

A finite volume cell-centered Lagrangian formulation is presented for solving large deformation problems in cylindrical axisymmetric geometries. Since solid materials can sustain significant shear deformation, evolution equations for stress and strain fields are solved in addition to mass, momentum and energy conservation laws. The total strain-rate realized in the material is split into an elastic and plastic response. The elastic and plastic components in turn are modeled using hypo-elastic theory. In accordance with the hypo-elastic model, a predictor-corrector algorithm is employed for evolving the deviatoric component of the stress tensor. A trial elastic deviatoric stress state is obtained by integrating a rate equation, cast in the form of an objective (Jaumann) derivative, based on Hooke's law. The dilatational response of the material is modeled using an equation of state of the Mie-Gruneisen form. The plastic deformation is accounted for via an iterative radial return algorithm constructed from the J"2 von Mises yield condition. Several benchmark example problems with non-linear strain hardening and thermal softening yield models are presented. Extensive comparisons with representative Eulerian and Lagrangian hydrocodes in addition to analytical and experimental results are made to validate the current approach.