Porous metal plasticity

The porous metal plasticity model is intended for use with mildly voided metals. Even though the material that contains the voids (also known as the matrix material) is assumed to be plastically incompressible, the plastic behavior of the bulk material is pressure-dependent due to the presence of voids. The model is described, followed by a brief description of the material point calculations.

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