Abstract
We consider the quasi-static evolution of the thermo-plasticity model in which the evolution equation law for the inelastic strain is given by the Prandtl–Reuss flow rule. The thermal part of the Cauchy stress tensor is not linearized in the neighbourhood of a reference temperature. This nonlinear thermal part is imposed to add a damping term to the balance of the momentum, which can be interpreted as external forces acting on the material. In general, the dissipation term occurring in the heat equation is an integrable function only and the standard methods can not be applied. Combining truncation techniques and Boccardo-Gallouët approach with monotone methods, we prove an existence of renormalized solutions.
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