Yield and Creep Stress Ratios
Anisotropic yield or creep behavior using quadratic Hill's potential is modeled through the use of yield or creep stress ratios, Rij. In the case of anisotropic yield the yield ratios are defined with respect to a reference yield stress, σ0 (given for the metal plasticity definition), such that if σij is applied as the only nonzero stress, the corresponding yield stress is Rijσ0. The plastic flow rule is defined below.
In the case of anisotropic creep the Rij are creep ratios used to scale the stress value when the creep strain rate is calculated. Thus, if σ11 is the only nonzero stress, the equivalent stress, ˜q, used in the user-defined creep law is ˜q=R11|σ11|.
Yield and creep stress ratios can be defined as constants or as tabular functions of temperature and predefined field variables. A local orientation must be used to define the direction of anisotropy (see Orientations).
Input File Usage
Use the following option to define anisotropic yield or creep:
POTENTIAL, TYPE=HILL (default)
This option must appear immediately after the PLASTIC or the CREEP material option data to which it applies. Thus, if anisotropic metal plasticity and anisotropic creep behavior are both required, the POTENTIAL option must appear twice in the material definition, once after the metal plasticity data and again after the creep data.
Abaqus/CAE Usage
Use one of the following models:
Property module: material editor:: :