Metal Plasticity

Metal Plasticity: Experimental Characterization and Constitutive Modeling outlines the fundamentals of plastic deformation of metals, related constitutive modeling techniques, and how best to apply those modeling techniques. It summarizes the plastic behaviors of metals based on experimental observations while also reviewing related constitutive models used to determine their plastic deformation, including isotropic yield functions, anisotropic yield functions, asymmetric yield functions, anisotropic hardening yield functions, and more. It demonstrates the yield surfaces of functions under 2D plane stress, 3D plane stress with shear stress effect, 3D triaxial loading, and more. The development of different plasticity models, including their form, parameters, calibration, accuracy, and advantages and disadvantages are outlined as well, and the book also summarizes and compares the various models, emphasizing their costs and user-friendliness and allowing readers to select the model that best meets their needs.