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Hardening Material

This command is used to construct a uniaxial material object with combined linear kinematic and isotropic hardening. The model includes optional visco-plasticity using a Perzyna formulation (REF???)

uniaxialMaterial Hardening $matTag $E $sigmaY $H_iso $H_kin <$eta>

$matTag

unique material object integer tag

$E

tangent stiffness

$sigmaY

yield stress or force

$H_iso

isotropic hardening Modulus

$H_kin

kinematic hardening Modulus

$eta

visco-plastic coefficient (optional, default=0.0)

Hardening Material

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