Elements of Plasticity: Theory and Computation (High Performance Structures and Materials)

Doltsinis, I

ISBN 10: 184564428X / ISBN 13: 9781845644284

Published by Witpress, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elements of Plasticity: Theory and Computation (High Performance Structures and Materials)
• Publisher: Witpress
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184564428X
• ISBN 13: 9781845644284
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Providing the essential theoretical framework for understanding elastoplastic behaviour, this text develops the subject of small strain elastoplasticity from classical theory to modern computational techniques.

About the Author

Professor Ioannis Doltsinis holds the Venia Legendi at the University of Stuttgart. His current teaching assignments comprise advanced courses in Elastoplastic Structures and Stochastic Analysis and Optimization in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, where he acts also as the Studies Advisor. He has been Deputy Director of the Institute for Computer Applications at Stuttgart University, leader of several scientific sections and research projects, Visiting Professor at the University of Trento, Scientific Adviser for numerous research foundations at national and international level.

Prof Doltsinis has been working on the development of computer methods in the field of nonlinear mechanics of solids and fluids from the very beginning. He has performed and directed research with achievements in the fields of Elastoplastic Structures, Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics, Wide-span Lightweight Structures, Thermomechanics of Inelastic Solids, Material Deformation Processes, Strength of Ceramic Materials, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Re-entry Aerodynamics, Stochastic Mechanics. He is author of numerous papers published in professional journals, editor of thematic scientific publications and author of the book "Large Deformation Processes of Solids--From Fundamentals to Numerical Simulation and Engineering Applications", also published by WIT Press.