Plasticity Theory

TheaimofPlasticityTheoryistoprovideacomprehensiveintroductiontothecontemporarystateofknowledgeinbasicplasticitytheoryandtoitsapplications.Ittreatsseveralareasnotcommonlyfoundbetweenthecoversofasinglebook:thephysicsofplasticity,constitutivetheory,dynamicplasticity,large-deformationplasticity,andnumericalmethods,inadditiontoarepresentativesurveyofproblemstreatedbyclassicalmethods,suchaselastic-plasticproblems,planeplasticflow,andlimitanalysis;theproblemdiscussedcomefromareasofinteresttomechanical,structural,andgeotechnicalengineers,metallurgistsandothers.Thenecessarymathematicsandbasicmechanicsandthermodynamicsarecoveredinanintroductorychapter,makingthebookaself-containedtextsuitableforadvancedundergraduatesandgraduatestudents,aswellasareferenceforpractitionersofsolidmechanics.