A nonlinear interior point method associated with the kinematic theorem of limit analysis is proposed. Associating these two tools enables one to determine an upper bound of the limit loading of a Gurson material structure from the knowledge of the sole yield criterion. We present the main features of the interior point algorithm and an original method providing a rigorous kinematic bound from a stress formulation of the problem. This method is tested by solving in plane strain the problem of a Gurson infinite bar compressed between rough rigid plates.
Pastor, F., Trillat, M., Pastor, J., & Loute, E. (2006). Stress-based upper-bound method and convex optimization: case of the Gurson material. Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Siences. Mécanique, 334(4), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crme.2006.03.002 (Original work published 2006)