The paper deals with the thermomechanical extension of a large strain
hyperelasto-plasticity model and focuses on algorithmic aspects and localization
simulations. The formulation includes the degradation of the yield strength due to
the increase of an averaged plastic strain measure and temperature, thus, three
sources for loss of stability are included in the description. A gradient-enhancement
of the model is incorporated through an additional differential equation, but
localization is also influenced by heat conduction. The finite element analysis is
performed for an elongated plate in plane strain conditions, using different finite
elements and values of material parameters related to regularization (internal length
scales are related to gradient averaging as well as heat conduction). In particular, the
influence of the
F-bar enrichment on the simulation results is studied. All
computational tests are performed using self-programmed user subroutines prepared
within a symbolic-numerical tool
AceGen which is equipped with automatic
differentiation options, allowing for automatic linearization of the governing
equations.