Yield Criterion in Plastic-Damage Models for Concrete

A class of plastic-damage models for concrete require an unambiguous definition of cohesion in the yield criteria. For this reason, the Lubliner yield criterion has been adopted by many investigators and the commercial FE program Abaqus. As is well known, this criterion has achieved great success especially in plane stress states. In this paper, we are trying to extend it to triaxial compression stress states. First, a major limitation of the Lubliner criterion is analyzed. Then, a revised version of the Lubliner criterion is proposed, which shows appropriate properties over a wide range of stress states often encountered in engineering structures, and the predicted failure envelopes fit well with experimental data. For the concrete damaged plasticity model in Abaqus, a calibration strategy is suggested for uniformly confined concrete.