Complex loading of heterogeneous materials with redistribution of internal mass

The problem of inhomogeneous material with internal friction subjected to complex loading is solved in this paper. Different complex loadings are considered by continuously rotating the principal axes of the strain tensor. A hypoplastic model with internal variables is used to describe the internal structure of the material. The model can describe loading and unloading states. It accounts for essential non-linearity of constitutive equations. The finite element algorithm reduces the problem to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations of high order which are solved by the Newton's method. The results show a good qualitative and quantitative assessment of calculated parameters when compared with data obtained from experiments. Redistribution of internal mass takes place under loading such that a fractal structure is developed in time reflecting the material discontinuities.