Numerical modeling of elastoplastic deformation and damage accumulation in metals under low-cycle fatigue conditions

A mathematical model that describes the processes of fatigue damage accumulation in structural materials (metals and alloys) under multiaxial disproportionate combined thermomechanical loading is advanced from the standpoint of the damaged medium mechanics. Based on the results of basic experiments performed in a special way, an experimental-theoretical procedure for finding material parameters of the advanced constitutive relations of the damaged medium mechanics is put forward. The advanced version of the constitutive relations of the damaged medium mechanics is shown to adequately (qualitatively and quantitatively) reflect the main effects of elastoplastic deformation and damage accumulation in metals under low-cycle fatigue.