Plasticity and Geomechanics

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Cambridge University Press, 22.08.2005
Plasticity theory is widely used to describe the behaviour of soil and rock in many engineering situations. Plasticity and Geomechanics presents a concise introduction to the general subject of plasticity with a particular emphasis on applications in geomechanics. Derived from the authors' own lecture notes, this book is written with students firmly in mind. Excessive use of mathematical methods is avoided in the main body of the text and, where possible, physical interpretations are given for important concepts. In this way the authors present a clear introduction to the complex ideas and concepts of plasticity as well as demonstrating how this developing subject is of critical importance to geomechanics and geotechnical engineering. This book therefore complements Elasticity and Geomechanics by the same authors and will appeal to graduate students and researchers in the fields of soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and geomechanics.
 

Inhalt

1 Stress and strain
1
2 Elastic and inelastic material behaviour
27
3 Yield
52
4 Plastic flow
83
5 Collapse load theorems
109
6 Slip line analysis
152
7 Work hardening and modern theories for soil behaviour
185
Appendix A NonCartesian coordinate systems
215
Appendix C Principles of virtual work
241
Appendix D Extremum principles
246
Appendix E Druckers stability postulate
255
Appendix F The associated flow rule
259
Appendix G A uniqueness theorem for elasticplastic deformation
263
Appendix H Theorems of limit analysis
269
Appendix I Limit analysis and limiting equilibrium
277
Index
279

Appendix B Mohr circles
228

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