Extending uniaxial material laws to multiaxial constitutive relations: H-approach

A simple method is presented, allowing us to extend any one-dimensional material model to a general material law suitable for arbitrary multiaxial loading conditions. The resulting system of constitutive equations respects the general principles of constitutive modelling, thus preserving thermodynamic consistency and objectivity. The method is based on a certain modification of the concept of representative directions. Since it operates with...