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To cite this version :Abdellah SALAHOUELHADJ, Farid ABED-MERAIM, Hocine CHALAL, Tudor BALAN -Application of the continuum shell finite element SHB8PS to sheet forming simulation using an extended large strain anisotropic elastic-plastic formulation -Archive of Applied Mechanics -Vol. 82, n°9, p.1269-1290 -2012 Any correspondence concerning this service should be sent to the repository Administrator : archiveouverte@ensam.euArchive of Applied Mechanics manuscript No.(will be inserted by the editor)Application of the continuum shell finite element SHB8PS to sheet forming simulation using an extended large strain anisotropic elastic-plastic formulation the date of receipt and acceptance should be inserted later Abstract This paper proposes an extension of the SHB8PS solid-shell finite element to large strain anisotropic elasto-plasticity, with application to several non-linear benchmark tests including sheet metal forming simulations. This hexahedral linear element has an arbitrary number of integration points distributed along a single line, defining the "thickness" direction; and to control the hourglass modes inherent to this reduced integration, a physical stabilization technique is used. In addition, the assumed strain method is adopted for the elimination of locking. The implementation of the element in Abaqus/Standard via the UEL user subroutine has been assessed through a variety of benchmark problems involving geometric non-linearities, anisotropic plasticity, large deformation and contact. Initially designed for the efficient simulation of elastic-plastic thin structures, the SHB8PS exhibits interesting potentialities for sheet metal forming applications -both in terms of efficiency and accuracy. The element shows good performance on the selected tests, including springback and earing predictions for Numisheet benchmark problems.Keywords solid-shell element · reduced integration · physical stabilization · assumed strain method · elastic-plastic behavior · anisotropic plasticity · sheet metal forming · springback 1 Introduction