Computational aspects in the elasto/viscoplastic material behavior of solids

In the present paper a computational algorithmic procedure is presented for modeling the elasto/viscoplastic behavior of solid materials. The effects of different loading programs on the inelastic behavior of rate-sensitive materials are analyzed with specific numerical examples. An appropriate solution scheme and a consistent tangent operator are applied which are capable to be adopted for general computational procedures. Numerical computations and results are reported which illustrate the rate-dependence of the constitutive model in use.