Volume 12, Issue 1 pp. 313-314
Section 6
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Accelerating constitutive modeling by automatic tangent generation

Steffen Rothe

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Steffen Rothe

Institute of Applied Mechanics, Clausthal University of Technology, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

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Stefan Hartmann

Stefan Hartmann

Institute of Applied Mechanics, Clausthal University of Technology, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

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First published: 03 December 2012

Abstract

Within the framework of finite elements the linearization within a Newton-like method requires the computation of the so-called consistent tangent operator. There are several possibilities to get these derivatives. Three methods, namely analytical, numerical and automatic differentiation, for tangent generation will be analyzed concerning the simulation time and applicability for three different constitutive models. These models are a finite strain hyperelasticity model, finite strain viscoplasticity model for metal powders and a small strain thermoviscoplasticity model. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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