Trilinear symmetric curve - trl_sym
This is a curve frequently employed to model idealised trilinear behaviour. An isotropic hardening rule is adopted and five parameters need to be defined in order to fully characterise this response curve:
Initial stiffness (K0)
The default value is 1000
First branch displacement limit (d1)
The default value is 1
Second branch stiffness (K1)
The default value is 10
Second branch displacement limit (d2)
The default value is 5
Third branch stiffness (K2)
The default value is 100
Note: Stiffness values K0, K1 and K2 must be positive. Further, K1 and K2 should always be smaller than K0.