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A phenomenological small strain model is developed to capture the elastoviscoplastic behaviour of a 20% filled polypropylene. The constitutive model is based on a multiplicative viscoplastic law. The hydrostatic pressure dependency is considered by using the Drucker Prager yield surface. A phenomenological damage model characterised directly by experimental investigation is used to capture the yield degradation during the deformation in tension. The volume variation due to the cavitation phenomenon is captured by using non-associated viscoplasticity. Some experimental tests at different speed loadings are carried out for the parameters identification of the constitutive model. Furthermore, a fracture model which depends on the stress triaxiality and the strain rate is developed in order to model the complete behaviour of the material studied until fracture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

These paper deals with the development of new bonded joint modelling for crash application. A new testing device has been set up on Split Hopkinson bars in order to identify adhesive's properties in assemblies for high strain rate and for different loading angles. These tests led to the development of a new cohesive element model used for solving nonlinear dynamic problems with an explicit integration time scheme. An example illustrates and justifies the development of such a cohesive element under dynamic loading by a good efficiency and a significant saving in calculation time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]