Micromechanical damage modeling and simulation of punch test

In order to verify the validity and applicability of the porous plasticity model for the simulation of non-local plastic fractures, punch tests are carried out for round steel plates of JIS G3131 SPHC. Incremental tensile coupon tests for the material are also conducted to obtain the plastic mechanical properties. Material parameters required for the porous plasticity model are identified through parametric numerical simulations of the coupon tests. It is proved that that force vs. indentation curves from punch test simulations using the porous plasticity model with the identified material parameters show good agreement with punch test results. It is also verified that simulated fracture shapes in the punch specimens are almost similar to the experimental ones in which fracture occurs along the circumferential edge of indenter where the hydrostatic stress develops highly.