Abstract: Bounds are investigated on the plastic deformations in a continuous solid body produced during the transient phase by cyclic loading not exceeding the shakedown limit. The constitutive model ...

Abstract: The possibility of obtaining an approximate sufficiently reliable response for elasticplastic discretized structures subjected to dynamic load (kinematical and/or mechanical), with alow computational ...

Abstract: The step-by-step analysis of structures constituted by elastic-plastic finite elements, subjected to an assigned loading history, is here considered. The structure may possess dynamic and/or not ...

Abstract: For a structure of elastic‐perfectly plastic material subjected to steady and cyclic loads exceeding shakedown limit, the possibility to predict collapse mode, without making a complete analysis, is illustrated. This goal ...

Abstract: The optimal design of circular plates of elastic‐perfectly plastic material and subjected to variable repeated loads is studied according to the shakedown criterion. Two different types of design problem are formulated: ...