Abstract: Shakedown analysis, and its more classical special case of limit analysis, basically consists of “direct” (as distinct from time-stepping) methods apt to assess safety factors for variable repeated ...

Abstract: In this paper, on page 800, D=should be deleted from Eq. (2.4).

Abstract: Methods are established for the determination of upper bounds on plastic strains and displacements after the adaptation (shakedown) of elastoplastic systems subjected to varying loads and straining ...

Abstract: Associative, elastic‐plastic constitutive laws with linear kinematic hardening or softening are attributed to the discrete structures or structural models considered herein for their dynamic analysis in the range of small ...

Abstract: The configuration of the stinger and ramps of a laying barge can be adjusted by varying the angles between adjacent segments and the arm of each support. On the basis of suitable idealizations ...

Abstract: The stress-strain relations for materials and the load-deflection relations for structural elements play corresponding roles in the analysis of three-dimensional continua and of structures, respectively. ...

Abstract: The development of low-emission aero-engine combustors strongly depends on the availability of accurate and efficient numerical models. The prediction of the interaction between two-phase flow and ...