Novel uniaxial and biaxial reverse experiments for material parameter identification in an advanced anisotropic cyclic plastic-damage model

This paper discusses the calibration and verification of material parameters based on novel one-axis and biaxial reverse loading experiments. The uniaxially loaded tension–compression (TC-), one-axis-loaded shear, and biaxially loaded HC-specimens are designed to perform different cyclic experiments, covering a wide range of stress triaxialities. Special anti-buckling clamping jaws and a newly designed downholder are used during the experiments to avoid buckling under compression loads. During the experiments, strain fields are recorded and analyzed using the digital image correlation (DIC) technique. A combination of direct and indirect fitting approaches is employed to identify the essential elastic–plastic material parameters for the proposed advanced elastic–plastic-damage constitutive model. The characterization of damage parameters is not discussed in this paper. A quantitative error analysis method is introduced to check the quality of the numerical simulation using the obtained material parameters. The comparison between experimental and numerical results demonstrates that the proposed damage model with identified parameters can predict global load–displacement curves and local strain fields with good accuracy. • Novel one-axial and biaxial reverse loading experiments. • Elastic–plastic material parameter characterization using the digital image correlation technique. • Quantitative comparison of force and strain history evolution between experiments and numerical predictions. • Special anti-buckling devices were used to delay buckling under compressive loads in reverse experiments. • A novel anisotropic CDM model considering the Bauschinger effect, stress differential, and non-hardening effects.