A finite strain gradient theory for viscoplasticity by means of micromorphic regularization Hamdoun, Ayoub Mahnken, Rolf <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Stretching of polycarbonate films leads to the formation of shear bands in the necking zone [1]. Standard viscoplastic material models render mesh size dependent results, which requires a mathematical regularization. To this end, we present a finite strain gradient theory for a viscoplastic, isotropic material model where we extend the model presented in [2] to a micromorphic model by introducing a new micromorphic variable as an additional degree of freedom with its first gradient [3, 4]. The variable here has the meaning of a micro plastic strain, and is coupled with the macro plastic by a micro penalty term, forcing the macro‐plastic strain to be close to the micro‐plastic strain for the targeted shear band regularization effect. We have implemented the model equations as a three dimensional initial boundary value problem in an in house FE‐tool, to simulate different geometries with different thickness and to compare it the experimental tests. The analysis is performed for a uniaxial tensile geometry as well as for a biaxial tensile geometry. The numerical examples show the ability of the model to regularize the shear bands and solve the problem of localization.</jats:p> Wiley 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article doc-type:article text http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 https://ris.uni-paderborn.de/record/54282 Hamdoun A, Mahnken R. A finite strain gradient theory for viscoplasticity by means of micromorphic regularization. <i>PAMM</i>. 2023;22(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.202200074">10.1002/pamm.202200074</a> eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/pamm.202200074 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1617-7061 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1617-7061 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess