Abstract: The paper presents an extension of the complementary work bounding principle of Hodge (1966) for integration along the path of loading for a statically loaded elastic-plastic body. Using an ...

Abstract: A method is described whereby the displacement rate at any point on the surface of a body undergoing steady creep may be bounded from above. The method is restricted to n-power stress-strain ...

Abstract: The paper presents an inequality relating statically admissible stress fields and kinematically admissible displacement fields for continua composed of inelastic materials which obey a postulated ...

Abstract: Corrosion of reinforcing steel is a major cause of deterioration of reinforced concrete structures. Two primary causes leading to corrosion of reinforcing steel are, respectively, carbonation and chloride contamination of ...

Abstract: The minimum work and maximum complementary work potentials for both time-independent and time-dependent plasticity are reconsidered from the viewpoint of internal variable theories. It is shown ...

Abstract: The Drucker‐Prager cap and similar models for the constitutive behavior of geotechnical materials are widely used in finite element stress analysis. They are multisurface plasticity models, used most frequently with an ...

Abstract: Bounds on the energy dissipation and surface displacements are found for bodies undergoing nonlinear creep as a result of step loading. Elastic effects are included in a simple manner, and it ...

Abstract: A unified method of approximating the response of rigid-plastic and elastic, perfectly plastic beams subjected to impulsive loading is described. The method is based on the uniqueness proof for ...