Institution: | Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, Succursale Centre-ville, Québec, Canada H3C 3A7 |
Abstract: | Many criteria have been developed to describe the yielding condition, plastic potential, and failure strength of engineering materials. In this paper, the authors first review the characteristics of a few of the more common criteria used for porous materials. It is then shown that the main features of many criteria can be represented by a unique set of recently developed equations. The ensuing multiaxial criterion becomes applicable to a variety of materials and loading states. One of the advantages of the proposed criterion, named MSDPu, is that it is explicitly porosity-dependent. The validity of this general inelastic criterion is demonstrated using experimental results obtained from various types of materials. A brief discussion follows on the advantages and limitations of the proposed equations. |