5.3. Fit Equivalent Elastic Perfectly Plastic Curve

hysteresis.envelope.fitEEEP(backbone)[source]

Fits a backbone curve with a equivalent elastic perfectly plastic curve using the ASTM E2126 methodology. The curve has equivalent area to the input backone curve.

http://www.materialstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/E2126-11.pdf

Parameters:

backbone (SimpleCycle) – The input SimpleCycle Object.

Returns:

A simpleCycle object of the backbone curve.

Return type:

SimpleCycle