Finite elements in plasticity: Theory and Practice

The purpose of this book is to present and demonstrate the use of finite
element based methods for the solution of problems involving plasticity. As well as the conventional quasi-static incremental theory of plasticity, attention is given to the slow transient phenomenon of elasto-viscoplastic behaviour and also to dynamic transient problems. We make no pretence that the text provides a complete treatment of any of these topics but rather we see it as - an attempt to present numerical solution techniques, which have been well tried and tested, for selected important areas of application.