Plasticity and Geomechanics

Preface 1. Stress and strain 2. Elastic and inelastic material behaviour 3. Yield 4. Plastic flow 5. Collapse load theorems 6. Slip line analysis 7. Work hardening behaviour A. Non-Cartesian coordinate systems B. Mohr's circles C. Principles of virtual work D. Extremum principles E. Drucker's stability postulate F. The associated flow rule G. A uniqueness theorem for elastic-plastic deformation H. Theorems of limit analysis I. Limit analysis and...