Development of the subroutine library 'UMMDp' for anisotropic yield functions commonly applicable to commercial FEM codes

Abstract

Numerous types of yield functions have been proposed to describe the shape of a realistic yield surface. Major commercial finite element codes include few anisotropic functions. Alternatively, the codes allow users to implement material models through user- subroutines. We develop the Unified Material Model Driver for Plasticity (UMMDp) subroutine library, which enables users to implement an arbitrary yield function easily. In this paper, the framework of the UMMDp is presented and its availabilities is shown through examples of sheet metal forming analyses.