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: 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: 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 ...

Abstract: This work surveys a broad range of related issues in quasistatic elastoplasticity, beginning with a development of an internal variable constitutive theory. The initial-boundary value problem is ...