Abstract: Based on the unified strength criterion, a characteristic theory for solving the plastic plane stress and plane strain problems of an ideal rigid-plastic body is established in this paper, which ...

Abstract: A novel treatment of a direct procedure for elastic-plastic analysis and shakedown is presented and its application to problems in three-dimensional rolling contact with or without case-hardened ...

Abstract: As an important part of the civilization in China, ancient Chinese architecture has an indigenous and unique system of construction that has retained its principal characteristics from prehistoric times to the present and ...

Abstract: It is imperative to preserve ancient Chinese timber architecture because the impacts of time and the environment have seriously reduced the resistance capability of these historical relics. However, little information can ...