Model Description
The user subroutine allows a creep law of the following general form to be defined:
where
and
- I
is the identity tensor,
- Ccr
is the right Cauchy-Green creep strain tensor,
- ˙ˉεcr
is the equivalent creep strain rate,
- ˉεcr
is the equivalent creep strain,
- ˉI1
is the first invariant of ˉB,
- ˉI2
is the second invariant of ˉB,
- J
is the determinant of the deformation gradient, F,
- p
is the Kirchhoff pressure,
- ˜q
is the equivalent deviatoric Kirchhoff stress,
- t
is the time,
- θ
is the temperature, and
- FV
are field variables.
The left Cauchy-Green strain tensor, ˉB, is defined as
where ˉF is the deformation gradient with volume change eliminated, which is computed using
The user subroutine must define the increment of creep equivalent strain, Δˉεcr, as a function of the time increment, Δt, and the variables used in the definition of gcr, as well as the derivatives of the equivalent creep strain increment with respect to those variables. If any solution-dependent state variables are included in the definition of gcr, they must also be integrated forward in time in this user subroutine.