Thermodynamic admissibility of Bouc-Wen type hysteresis models

Abstract Starting from the relationship between the Bouc model and the endochronic theory and by adopting some new intrinsic time measures, the thermodynamic admissibility of the Bouc–Wen model is proved, in the univariate case as well as in the tensorial one. Moreover, the proposed proof encompasses the cases where a strength degradation term appears. To cite this article: S. Erlicher, N. Point, C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).