Neff, Patrizio Finite multiplicative plasticity for small elastic strains with linear balance equations and grain boundary relaxation. (English) Zbl 1035.74015 Contin. Mech. Thermodyn. 15, No. 2, 161-195 (2003). Summary: This paper is concerned with the formulation of a phenomenological model of finite elasto-plasticity valid for small elastic strains for initially isotropic polycrystalline material. As a basis we assume the multiplicative split \(F=F_e F_p\) of deformation gradient into elastic and plastic part. A key feature of the model is the introduction of an independent field of ’elastic’ rotations \(R_e\) which eliminate the remaining geometrical nonlinearities coming from finite elasticity in the presence of small elastic strains. In contrast to micro-polar theories, an evolution equation for \(R_e\) is presented which relates \(R_e\) to \(F_e\) making use of a new device found by the author to perform the polar decomposition asymptotically. The model is shown to be invariant under both change of frame and rotation of the so-called intermediate configuration. The corresponding equilibrium equations at frozen plastic and viscoelastic configuration constitute then a linear elliptic system with nonconstant coefficients which makes this model amenable to a rigorous mathematical analysis. The introduced hysteresis effects within the elastic region are related to viscous elastic rotations of the grains of polycrystal due to internal friction at grain boundaries, and constitute as such a rate-dependent transient texture effect. The inclusion of work hardening will be addressed in future work. Cited in 2 ReviewsCited in 14 Documents MSC: 74C20 Large-strain, rate-dependent theories of plasticity 74A15 Thermodynamics in solid mechanics 74E15 Crystalline structure Keywords:viscoplasticity; variational methods; finite elasto-plasticity; polycrystalline material; deformation gradient; evolution equation; polar decomposition; intermediate configuration; linear elliptic system; hysteresis; viscous elastic rotations; internal friction; rate-dependent transient texture effect PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{P. Neff}, Contin. Mech. Thermodyn. 15, No. 2, 161--195 (2003; Zbl 1035.74015) Full Text: DOI