Fundamentals.- Elements of Continuum Mechanics.- Foundations of the Theory of Plasticity.- General Elastic-Plastic Theorems.- Constitutive Relations.- Perfect Plasticity.- Isotropic Hardening and Critical State Theory.- Multi-Surface and Bounding Surface Plasticity.- Non-Coaxial Plasticity.- Plasticity Without a Prior Yield Criterion.- Solution Techniques.- Rigorous Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Problems.- Slip Line Analysis.- Limit Analysis.- Shakedown Analysis.- Finite Element Analysis.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by J.B. Burland.- Preface.- PART I. FUNDAMENTALS.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Elements of continuum mechanics.- 3. Foundations of the theory of plasticity.- 4. General elastic-plastic theorems.- PART II. CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS.- 5. Perfect plasticity.- 6. Isotropic hardening and critical state theory.- 7. Multi-surface and bounding surface plasticity.- 8. Non-coaxial plasticity.- 9. Plasticity without a prior yield criterion.- PART III. SOLUTION TECHNIQUES.- 10. Rigorous analysis of elastic-plastic problems.- 11. Slip line analysis.- 12. Limit analysis.- 13. Shakedown analysis.- 14. Finite element analysis.- Index.
Presents major developments in the field of plasticity theory for geotechnical materials
Reviews classical, recent, and modern developments of appropriate constitutive theories of stress-strain relations for geomaterials
Describes a wide range of analytical and computational techniques for solving geotechnical design problems
