A direct methodology for the calibration of ductile damage models from a simple multiaxial test

In the present work a straightforward calibration procedure of ductile damage models is proposed. The direct methodology involves the use of a simple multiaxial specimen, to be tested with a universal testing machine, capable to reproduce different stress states in the material. The specimen geometry was the one proposed by Driemeier et al. [1]. In addition, a numerical-analytical procedure was devised for the identification of material strains to fracture and corresponding stress states, directly from experimental tests. This allowed to overcome the use of Finite Element Analysis and inverse methods usually adopted to retrieve the local parameters representative of the material ductility.