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Inelastic Analysis of Structures under Variable Loads

Theory and Engineering Applications

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Dieter Weichert

    1. Institut für allgemeine Mechanik, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

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  2. Giulio Maier

    1. Department of Structural Engineering, Technical University (Politecnico) of Milan, Italy

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Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 83)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. An Early Upper Bound Method for Shakedown of Beams and Frames

    • P. S. Symonds
    Pages 1-9

  3. Shakedown Limits for a General Yield Condition: Implementation and Application for a Von Mises Yield Condition

    • A. R. S. Ponter, M. Engelhardt
    Pages 11-29

  4. Shakedown at Finite Elasto-Plastic Strains

    • H. Stumpf, B. Schieck
    Pages 31-47

  5. Shape Optimization under Shakedown Constraints

    • K. Wiechmann, F.-J. Barthold, E. Stein
    Pages 49-68

  6. Numerical Simulations of Thermo-Viscoplastic Flow Processes under Cyclic Dynamic Loadings

    • W. Dornowski, P. Perzyna
    Pages 69-94

  7. Subdomain Bounding Technique for Shakedown Analysis of Structures

    • Y. Liu, Z. Cen, Y. Xu
    Pages 95-105

  8. Failure Investigation of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials by Shakedown Analysis

    • A. Hachemi, F. Schwabe, D. Weichert
    Pages 107-119

  9. Analysis of Masonry Structures Subject to Variable Loads: A Numerical Approach Based on Damage Mechanics

    • A. Callerio, E. Papa, A. Nappi
    Pages 121-134

  10. CYCLONE - System for Structural Adaptation and Limit Analysis

    • A. Siemaszko, G. Bielawski, J. Zwolinski
    Pages 135-146

  11. Variational Principles for Shakedown Analysis

    • Nestor Zouain, José Luís Silveira
    Pages 147-165

  12. Shakedown of Elastic-Plastic Structures with Non Linear Kinematical Hardening by the Bipotential Approach

    • G. De Saxce, J.-B. Tritsch, M. Hjiaj
    Pages 167-182

  13. Shakedown and Fatigue Damage in Metal Matrix Composites

    • George J. Dvorak, Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Chien-Ming Huang
    Pages 183-196

  14. On Shakedown of Elastic Plastic Bodies with Brittle Damage

    • B. Druyanov, I. Roman
    Pages 197-212

  15. Simplified Methods for the Steady State Inelastic Analysis of Cyclically Loaded Structures

    • K. V. Spiliopoulos
    Pages 213-232

  16. Direct Finite Element Kinematical Approaches in Limit and Shakedown Analysis of Shells and Elbows

    • A. M. Yan, H. Nguyen-Dang
    Pages 233-254

  17. Shakedown and Damage Analysis Applied to Rocket Engines

    • T. Hassine, G. Inglebert, M. Pons
    Pages 255-267

  18. Reliability Analysis of Elasto-Plastic Structures under Variable Loads

    • M. Heitzer, M. Staat
    Pages 269-288

  19. Upper Bounds on Post-Shakedown Quantities in Poroplasticity

    • G. Cocchetti, G. Maier
    Pages 289-314

  20. Fatigue Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Comparison between Material and Structural Response

    • S. Cangiano, G. A. Plizzari
    Pages 315-334
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The question whether a structure or a machine component can carry the applied loads, and with which margin of safety, or whether it will become unserviceable due to collapse or excessive inelastic deformations, has always been a major concern for civil and mechanical engineers. The development of methods to answer this technologically crucial question without analysing the evolution of the system under varying loads, has a long tradition that can be traced back even to the times of emerging mechanical sciences in the early 17th century. However, the scientific foundations of the theories underlying these methods, nowadays frequently called "direct", were established sporadically in the Thirties of the 20th century and systematically and rigorously in the Fifties. Further motivations for the development of direct analysis techniques in applied mechanics of solids and structures arise from the circumstance that in many engineering situations the external actions fluctuate according to time histories not a priori known except for some essential features, e.g. variation intervals. In such situations the critical events (or "limit states") to consider, besides plastic collapse, are incremental collapse (or "ratchetting") and alternating plastic yielding, namely lack of "shakedown". Non evolutionary, direct methods for ultimate limit state analysis of structures subjected to variably-repeated external actions are the objectives of most papers collected in this book, which also contains a few contributions on related topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für allgemeine Mechanik, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

    Dieter Weichert

  • Department of Structural Engineering, Technical University (Politecnico) of Milan, Italy

    Giulio Maier

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