Introduction to Elastic-Plastic Mechanics

Author: Yang Guitong
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is a concise tutorial on elastoplastic mechanics written for various engineering-related disciplines. It can be used as a textbook for graduate students and senior undergraduate students and can be completed within approximately 30 hours of instruction. The book consists of 10 chapters, including the fundamental theories, concepts, and methods of elasticity and plasticity; simple elastic and plastic plane problems; elastoplastic bending and torsion; bending of elastic thin plates and plastic limit analysis; variational principles and extremum principles, etc. The book's feature is to unify the teaching of elasticity and plasticity as a continuous deformation process, with clear concepts that are easy to understand and master. This book is a concise tutorial on elastoplastic mechanics written for various engineering-related disciplines. It can be used as a textbook for graduate students and senior undergraduate students and can be completed within approximately 30 hours of instruction. The book consists of 10 chapters, including the fundamental theories, concepts, and methods of elasticity and plasticity; simple elastic and plastic plane problems; elastoplastic bending and torsion; bending of elastic thin plates and plastic limit analysis; variational principles and extremum principles, etc. The book's feature is to unify the teaching of elasticity and plasticity as a continuous deformation process, with clear concepts that are easy to understand and master.