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UMAT for Superelasticity and Plasticity of Shape Memory Alloys

Superelastic-plastic behavior is based on the
uniaxial behavior shown here:














































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Usage

Superelastic only behavior

-MATERI AL, NAME=name
-USER MATERI AL, CONSTANTS=15 + N
A


A
E ,
A
v ,
M
E ,
M
v ,
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c ,
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CL
o ,
L
V
c ,
A
N ,
S1
N ,
SNA
...N

-DEPVAR
24,



Superelastic-plastic behavior

-MATERI AL, NAME=name
-USER MATERI AL, CONSTANTS=16 + N
A +
2N
P

A
E ,
A
v ,
M
E ,
M
v ,
L
c ,
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CL
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L
V
c ,
A
N ,
S1
N ,
SNA
...N ,
P
N ,
NP
P
NP 1
P
1
c o c o , ... , (8 values per line)

-DEPVAR
31,


Note that for both the elastic and elastic-plastic behaviors, the name parameter on *MATERI AL must
start with ABQ_SUPER_ELASTI C.


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Input to Superelasticity UMAT
A
E Austenite elasticity
A
v Austenite Poissons ratio
M
E Martensite elasticity
M
v Martensite Poissons ratio
L
c Transformation strain
L
T
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o
oo
T o oo loading
S
L
o Start of transformation loading
E
L
o End of transformation loading
O
T Reference temperature
U
T
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o
oo
T o oo unloading
S
U
o Start of transformation unloading
E
U
o End of transformation unloading
S
CL
o Start of transformation stress during loading in compression, as a positive
value
L
V
c Volumetric transformation strain. If
L
V
c =
L
c , an associated flow algorithm
is used, with
L
V
c computed based on
S
L
o and
S
CL
o . For all other cases, a
nonassociated flow algorithm is used, which produces an unsymmetric
J acobian matrix. The USYMMparameter is thus required on the *USER
MATERI AL keyword
A
N Number of annealings to be performed during the analysis
S1
N -
SNA
N Step numbers at which all state dependent variable are set to zero
P
N Number of stress-strain pairs to define yield curve
NP
P
NP 1
P
1
c o c o , ... , Stress-strain points in the yield curve


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Output from Superelasticity UMAT

SDV1 6 Linear elastic strains
SDV7 12 Transformation strains
SDV19 Equivalent transformation strain
SDV20 Volumetric transformation strain
SDV21 Fraction of Martensite
SDV22 Equivalent uniaxial tensile stress
SDV23 Equivalent uniaxial tensile transformation strain
SDV24 Equivalent uniaxial tensile total strain
SDV26 31 Plastic strains
1
SENER, ELSE, ALLSE Linear elastic strain energy variables
2

PENER, ELPD, ALLPD Transformation strain energy variables
2



1. Available for superelastic-plastic behavior
2. See the Output Table in ABAQUS Users Manual for definitions