Plasticity for Structural Engineers

✍ Scribed by W. F. Chen, D. J. Han (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 609
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plasticity for Structural Engineers is a practical work that provides engineers and students in structural engineering or structural mechanics with the background needed to make the transition from fundamental theory to computer implementation and engineering practice. It sets out initially to examine the stress-strain behaviors of materials under simple test conditions, goes on to show how these behaviors can be generalized under combined stresses, and finally outlines the finite element implementation of the generalized stress-strain relations for the solution of practical steel and concrete structural problems. Plasticityfor Structural Engineers not only offers the reader an understanding of the fundamental principles and theory of plasticity in a form that does not require extensive mathematical experience, but also provides the reader with a compact and convenient summary of the modern development of concrete plasticity and limit analysis in structural engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-45
Yield and Failure Criteria....Pages 46-116
Elastic Stress-Strain Relations....Pages 117-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Stress-Strain Relations for Perfectly Plastic Materials....Pages 179-231
Stress-Strain Relations for Work-Hardening Materials....Pages 232-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Implementation in Metals....Pages 293-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Implementation in Concretes....Pages 345-405
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
General Theorems of Limit Analysis and Their Applications....Pages 409-491
Limit Analysis of Engineering Structures....Pages 492-599
Back Matter....Pages 601-606

✦ Subjects

Civil Engineering;Mechanics;Polymer Sciences