Limit State of Materials and Structures Direct Methods 2 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saxcé, Géry de (Editor), Oueslati, Abdelbacet (Editor), Charkaluk, Eric (Editor), Tritsch, Jean-Bernard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computational intelligence.; Continuum mechanics.; Engineering design.; Civil engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Engineering Design.; Civil Engineering.; Computational Intelligence.

To determine the carrying capacity of a structure or a structural element susceptible to operate beyond the elastic limit is an important task in many situations of both mechanical and civil engineering. The so-called “direct methods” play an increasing role due to the fact that they allow rapid acc...