UMAT for Superelasticity and Plasticity of Shape Memory Alloys

Superelastic-plastic behavior is based on the

uniaxial behavior shown here:

P
1

, 1

P
i

,i

tEL

tSL

tSU

tEU

EM

EA

cSL
LE

LS

T L

US
UE
To

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T U

Usage
Superelastic only behavior
MATERIAL, NAME=name
USER MATERIAL, CONSTANTS=15 + NA

, LS , LE
E A , vA , EM , vM , L ,
T L

S
L
, US , UE , CL
TO ,
, V , NA , NS1 , ...NSNA

DEPVAR
24,

Superelastic-plastic behavior
MATERIAL, NAME=name
USER MATERIAL, CONSTANTS=16 + NA

, LS , LE
E A , vA , EM , vM , L ,
T L

2NP

P
P
S
L
, US , UE , CL
TO ,
, V , NA , NS1 , ...NSNA , NP , 1 , 1... NP , NP (8 values per line)

T
U

DEPVAR
31,
Note that for both the elastic and elastic-plastic behaviors, the name parameter on *MATERIAL must
start with ABQ_SUPER_ELASTIC.

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UMAT for Superelasticity Elastic-Plastic Model

Input to Superelasticity UMAT

EA

Austenite elasticity

vA

Austenite Poissons ratio

EM

Martensite elasticity

vM

Martensite Poissons ratio

Transformation strain

T L

T loading

LS

Start of transformation loading

LE

End of transformation loading

TO

Reference temperature

T
U

T unloading

US

Start of transformation unloading

UE

End of transformation unloading

S
CL

VL

Start of transformation stress during loading in compression, as a positive

value
Volumetric transformation strain. If VL = L , an associated flow algorithm
S
is used, with VL computed based on LS and CL
. For all other cases, a
nonassociated flow algorithm is used, which produces an unsymmetric
Jacobian matrix. The USYMM parameter is thus required on the *USER
MATERIAL keyword

NA

Number of annealings to be performed during the analysis

NS1 - NSNA

Step numbers at which all state dependent variable are set to zero

NP

Number of stress-strain pairs to define yield curve

P
1P , 1... NP
, NP

Stress-strain points in the yield curve

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UMAT for Superelasticity Elastic-Plastic Model

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 strains1

SENER, ELSE, ALLSE

Linear elastic strain energy variables2

PENER, ELPD, ALLPD

Transformation strain energy variables2

1. Available for superelastic-plastic behavior

2. See the Output Table in ABAQUS Users Manual for definitions

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UMAT for Superelasticity Elastic-Plastic Model