Structural Plasticity

Limit and shakedown analysis for structures can provide a very useful tool for design and analysis of engineering structures. &quote;Structural Plasticity - Limit, Shakedown and Dynamic Plastic Analyses of Structure&quote; provides more general solutions of limit and shakedown analysis for structures by using a unified strength theory. A series of solutions of plates from circular, annular plates to rhombus plates and square plates, rotating discs and cylinders, pressure vessels are presented. These results encompass the Tresca-Mohr-Coulomb solution of structure as special cases. The unified solution, which cannot be obtained by using a single criterion, is suitable to more materials and structures.Maohong Yu is professor of Department of Civil Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. He has authored 12 books including &quote;Unified Strength Theory and Its Applications&quote; and &quote;Generalized Plasticity&quote;.