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Introducing Nonlinear Elastic Materials - COMSOL Blog PDF

This document introduces nonlinear elastic materials, which exhibit nonlinear stress-strain relationships even at infinitesimal strains, unlike hyperelastic materials where the stress-strain curve becomes significantly nonlinear only at moderate to large strains. It discusses Ludwig's power law description of the nonlinear stress-strain behavior in solids from 100 years ago. It also outlines the various nonlinear elastic material models now included in COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.0, such as Ramberg-Osgood and user-defined models. Finally, it provides an example comparing the stress-strain response of a nonlinear elastic material to an elastoplastic material under load-unload cycling.

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Introducing Nonlinear Elastic Materials - COMSOL Blog PDF

This document introduces nonlinear elastic materials, which exhibit nonlinear stress-strain relationships even at infinitesimal strains, unlike hyperelastic materials where the stress-strain curve becomes significantly nonlinear only at moderate to large strains. It discusses Ludwig's power law description of the nonlinear stress-strain behavior in solids from 100 years ago. It also outlines the various nonlinear elastic material models now included in COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.0, such as Ramberg-Osgood and user-defined models. Finally, it provides an example comparing the stress-strain response of a nonlinear elastic material to an elastoplastic material under load-unload cycling.

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nonlinearelaticolidwouldreturntoitoriginalhapeafteraloadunloadccle,an
elatoplaticolidwouldufferfrompermanentdeformation,andthetretrain
curvewouldpreenthtereticehaviorandratcheting.
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theNonlineartructuralMaterialModelLiraraelatoplatic_plate,andmodifitto
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inverion5.0,theUniaxialdatamodel,anduethetre_train_curvealreaddefined
inthemodel.
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compreion.

FurtherReading
P.Ludwik.lementederTechnologichenMechanik
Hpoelaticit,Chapter3.3ofAppliedMechanicofolid
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