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In this paper, the method of additive plasticity at finite deformations is generalized to the micropolar continuous media. It is shown that the non-symmetric rate of deformation tensor and gradient of gyration vector could be decomposed into elastic and plastic parts. For the finite elastic deformation, themicropolar hypo-elastic constitutive equations for isotropicmicropolar materials are considered.Concerning the additive decomposition and the micropolar hypo-elasticity as the basic tools, an elastic-plastic formulation consisting of an arbitrary number of internal variables and arbitrary form of plastic flow rule is derived. The localization conditions for the micropolar material obeying...