59 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
59 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
type: concept
|
|
title: "Abaqus Geomaterial and Concrete Plasticity"
|
|
complexity: advanced
|
|
domain: computational-mechanics
|
|
created: 2026-06-01
|
|
updated: 2026-06-01
|
|
address: c-000097
|
|
aliases:
|
|
- Abaqus Drucker-Prager plasticity
|
|
- Abaqus cap plasticity
|
|
- Abaqus Mohr-Coulomb plasticity
|
|
- Abaqus clay plasticity
|
|
- Abaqus concrete plasticity
|
|
tags:
|
|
- concept
|
|
- finite-element-method
|
|
- abaqus
|
|
- plasticity
|
|
- geomaterials
|
|
- concrete
|
|
status: current
|
|
related:
|
|
- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume III]]"
|
|
- "[[Abaqus Metal Plasticity Models]]"
|
|
- "[[Abaqus Porous Media and Pore Fluid Materials]]"
|
|
- "[[Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis]]"
|
|
- "[[Mixed Finite Element Formulations]]"
|
|
sources:
|
|
- "[[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume III]]"
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
# Abaqus Geomaterial and Concrete Plasticity
|
|
|
|
## Definition
|
|
|
|
Abaqus geomaterial and concrete plasticity models describe pressure-dependent inelastic response, compaction, dilatancy, cracking, crushing, and stiffness degradation for soils, rocks, foams, jointed materials, and concrete-like media.
|
|
|
|
## How It Works
|
|
|
|
The source separates these models from ordinary metal plasticity because hydrostatic pressure can strongly influence yielding and volume change. Extended Drucker-Prager models represent pressure-dependent materials such as granular materials and polymers. Modified Drucker-Prager/Cap models add a cap yield surface to control volumetric compaction. Mohr-Coulomb and critical-state clay models support geotechnical applications with pressure and invariant-dependent yield behavior.
|
|
|
|
Crushable foam models target energy-absorbing foams and similar crushable media. Jointed material behavior represents continua containing dense sets of joint surfaces, such as sedimentary rock. Concrete is represented by multiple models: smeared cracking in Abaqus/Standard, brittle cracking in Abaqus/Explicit, and concrete damaged plasticity in both solvers.
|
|
|
|
## Why It Matters
|
|
|
|
These materials cannot usually be modeled by metal-style pressure-insensitive plasticity. They require pressure-dependent yield surfaces, inelastic volumetric strain, tensile cracking, crushing, or damage recovery effects that are tied to element choice, confinement, and loading path.
|
|
|
|
## Connections
|
|
|
|
- [[Mixed Finite Element Formulations]] are relevant when volumetric locking or pressure-like fields dominate the response.
|
|
- [[Abaqus Porous Media and Pore Fluid Materials]] extends geomaterial modeling to pore-fluid flow and saturation effects.
|
|
- [[Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis]] supplies the global iteration framework for pressure-dependent plasticity and concrete damage.
|
|
|
|
## Sources
|
|
|
|
- [[Abaqus-Analysis-User-s-Guide-Volume-III|Abaqus Analysis User's Guide Volume III]]
|
|
|