Limit Analysis and Concrete Plasticity, Second Edition (New Directions in Civil Engineering) - hardcover

Plastic Theory has important applications in design methods of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Limit Analysis and Concrete plasticity, Second Edition covers all of the most relevant topics related to plastic design methods, providing a reliable and superior alternative to existing empirical methods. Fully updated and containing even greater coverage than the well received first edition, this second edition includes numerical methods and computer code for solving problems, incorporating methods into Eurocode 2, the common concrete stanard for the whole Europe. This edition gives a complete explanation of the background theory, and develops the basic elements of design approach. TOC:Introduction, The Theory of Plasticity, Constitutive Equations, Extreme Principles for Rigid-Plastic Materials, The Solution of Plasticity Problems*Yield Conditions, Concrete, Yield Conditions for Reinforced Disks, Yield Conditions for Slabs, Reinforcement Design *The Theory of Plain Concrete, Statical Conditions, Geometrical Conditions, Virtual Work , Constitutive Equations , The Theory of Plane Strain for Coulomb Materials, Examples* Disks, Statical Conditions, Geometrical Conditions, Virtual Work, Constitutive Equations, Exact Solutions for Isotropic Disks, Lower Bound Solutions*Beams, Beams in Bending, Beams in Shear, Beams in Torsion, Combined Bending, Shear, and Torsion*Slabs, Static Conditions*Punching Shear of Slabs, Introduction, Theoretical Analysis, Experimental Verification*Shear in Joints, Upper Bound Solutions*The Bond Strength of Reinforcement Bars*References*Index.