Plasticity for Engineers: Theory and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Focusing on the plastic property of materials and the behaviour of structures under load, this book presents perfect plasticity material as a model of irreversible mechanical behaviour to analyse a range of continuum structural problems and metal-forming processes. This book focuses on the plastic property of materials, and the way in which structures made of such material behave under load. It is intended for civil, mechanical, electro-mechanical, marine, and aeronautical engineers for under-graduate or post-graduate courses or research, and professionals in industry. Professor Calladine, from long experience in teaching, research and industry, here delivers a readable and authoritative account of theory and applications. He presents the classical "perfect plasticity material" as a model of irreversible mechanical behaviour, using this perfect plasticity property to analyse a range of continuum structural problems and metal-forming processes relevant to engineering practice. Introduction; Specification of an ideal plastic material; Features of the behaviour of structures made of idealised elastic-plastic material; Theorems of plastic theory; Rotating discs; Torsion; Indentation problems; Introduction to slip-line fields; Circular plates under transverse loading; Metal-forming processes: Wire drawing and extrusion; Effects of changes in geometry; Wider scope of plastic theory and design; Appendices: The Mohr stress circle; Virtual work; Corresponding loads and deflections; Proportional loading; Notation for 3-D stress; Symbols, units and conversion factors; Answers to problems; Index. This book focuses on the plastic property of materials, and in the way in which structures made of such materials behave under load. It is intended for civil, mechanical, electro-mechanical, marine and aeronautical engineers for undergraduate or post-graduate courses on research, and professionals in industry