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Quasistatic nonassociative plasticity at finite strains

Analysis of PDEs 2025-05-08 v2

Abstract

We investigate finite-strain elastoplastic evolution in the nonassociative setting. The constitutive material model is formulated in variational terms and coupled with the quasistatic equilibrium system. We introduce measure-valued energetic solutions and prove their existence via a time discretization approach. The existence theory hinges on a suitable regularization of the dissipation term via a space-time mollification. Eventually, we discuss the possibility of solving the problem in the setting of functions, instead of measures.

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@article{arxiv.2411.14316,
  title  = {Quasistatic nonassociative plasticity at finite strains},
  author = {Ulisse Stefanelli and Andreas Vikelis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14316},
  year   = {2025}
}