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Inelastic Analysis of Structures

ISBN: 978-0-471-98716-1
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760 pages
December 2001
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Preface.

Introduction.

PART I: PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES UNDER UNIAXIAL STRESS-FUNDAMENTALS.

Uniaxial Stress-Strain Relations.

Plastic Bars and Yield Hinges.

Incremental Analysis.

Elementary Limit Analysis.

Theorems of Limit Analysis.

Methods of Limit Analysis.

Linear Programming in Limit Analysis.

Displacement at Incipient Collapse.

PART II: PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES UNDER UNIAXIAL STRESS-FURTHER TOPICS.

Nonproportional and Cyclic Loads.

Theorems of Shakedown Analysis.

Methods of Shakedown Analysis.

Optimum Design.

Combined Plastic Bending and Compression or Tension.

Plasticity Aspects of Reinforced Concrete.

Part III: PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES UNDER MULTIAXIAL STRESS.

Simple Elastoplastic Constitutive Models.

Theorems of Plastic Analysis in Multiaxial Case.

Plastic Torsion and Shear.

Limit Loads of Plates.

Plane Problems.

PART IV: ADVANCED TOPICS IN PLASTICITY.

General Elastoplastic Constitutive Models.

Plastic Material Models for Concrete and Soils.

Numerical Methods in Plasticity.

Thermodynamic Approach to Constitutive Modeling.

Elastoplastic Constitutive Models for Large Strain.

Crystal Plasticity and Microplane Constitutive Models.

PART V: TIME-DEPENDENT INELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF METALS AND CONCRETE.

Models for Localization of Softening and Size Effect.

Viscoplasticity.

Material Models for Concrete Creep and shrinkage.

Creep and Shrinkage Effects in concrete Structures.


Appendix A: Linear Elastic Trusses.

Appendix B: Linear Elastic Beams and Frames.

Appendix C: Linear Programming.

Appendix D: Cartesian Tensors and Elasticity.

Appendix E: Model B3 for Predicting Concrete Creep and Shrinkage.

Appendix F: Softening Inelastic Hinges: Deviations from Plasticity and Size Effects.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.
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