A Non-Linear Stress-Strain Relation Endowed With Fractional Derivative Elements

Abstract

In this paper a non-linear stress-strain relation based on an integral formulation with a power-law kernel is proposed. This constitutive law is able to reproduce both the viscoelastic behavior and the inelastic irreversible phenomenon. It is shown how the proposed stress-strain law is capable to fit experimental data obtained from tensile tests on two kind of metal alloys. Such best-fitting procedure have shown the accuracy of the proposed model and its results are compared to other ones obtained with the aid of classical non-linear constitutive law.