Abstract
Abstract A nonlocal rate-independent large strain theory for elastic-plastic bodies consistent with thermodynamic theory is derived. The theory is based on a strain space formulation, where plastic strain is regarded as a primitive variable, characterised by an appropriate constitutive equation for its rate. Stress and free energy are assumed to be functions of a set of nonlocal variables, constructed from a collection of basic state functions, constituted by strain, plastic strain and a scalar measure of strain hardening. A yield function is introduced depending on the same set of independent, nonlocal variables. Yield criteria, flow rules, and loading conditions are formulated. The consistency condition is not, as in local theory, expressed by an algebraic equation, but by an integral equation defined throughout the region of plastic loading.
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