Viscoelastoplastic Response of Axisymmetric Shells under Impulsive Loadings

A derivation of finite element equations of and solution to the viscoelastoplastic response of an isotropic axisymmetric shell are presented herein. The generalized Maxwell model is incorporated into the von Mises isotropic yield function. This permits a derivation of the incremental stress as a function of elastic, viscous, and plastic strains. With this relationship inserted into the incremental equation of motion, a direct numerical integration scheme is then used to solve for incremental responses. The plastic tangent stiffness matrix is updated at each incremental time step. Numerical results are presented for a circular plate to verify correctness of the program and subsequently for a spherical cap subjected to uniformly distributed transverse impulsive load of infinite duration.