eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2328-4110 2015-12-17 3 6 181 185 10.12691/ajme-3-6-5 AJME2015365 article Jozef Bocko jozef.bocko@tuke.sk 1 Viera Nohajová 1 Juraj Šarloši 1 Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic The paper deals with application of Bodner-Partom material model for description of material behavior. The results from experimental measurements of test specimens of given material were used for identification of parameter of Bodner-Partom model by using procedures based on genetic algorithms. The parameters of material were then used in computations by procedure UMAT of finite element program ABAQUS. The results of computations demonstrate ability of model to simulate material behavior with satisfied accuracy. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/3/6/5/ajme-3-6-5.pdf bodner-partom model nonlinear behaviour finite element method visco-elasticity genetic algorithm