On the Objective Function Evaluation in Parameter Identification of Material Constitutive Models - Single-point or FE Analysis

This work deals with the identification of constitutive parameters by inverse methodology. Two different approaches are presented and analysed: the single-point and FE analysis. The use of these two different methodologies for the evaluation of objective functions in the identification process is still an open question and the interest in this field has been increasing among the metal forming community. To discuss this issue, two different constitutive models suitable for metals were used, i.e. an elastoplastic hardening model and an elastoplastic model with isotropic and kinematic hardening. The determined material parameters for the two models, the respective objective function values and the CPU time required to perform the simulations are presented and discussed.