Advances in Direct Methods for Materials and Structures

1. Limit Load Theorems for the Drucker-Prager Yield Condition with a Non-associated Flow Rule
A. R. S. Ponter

2. A Direct Method for Predicting the High-Cycle Fatigue Regime of Shape-Memory Alloys Structures
Michaël Peigney

3. Shakedown Within Polycrystals: A Direct Numerical Assessment
D. Magisano, E. Charkaluk, G. Saxcé, T. Kanit

4. On the Size of the Representative Volume Element Used for the Strength Prediction: A Statistical Survey Applied to the Particulate Reinforce Metal Matrix Composites (PRMMCs)
Geng Chen, Alexander Bezold, Christoph Broeckmann, Dieter Weichert

5. R-adaptivity in Limit Analysis
José J. Muñoz, James Hambleton, Scott W. Sloan

6. Shakedown Analysis Under Stochastic Uncertainty by Chance Constrained Programming
N. T. Tran, T. N. Tran, H. G. Matthies, G. E. Stavroulakis, M. Staat

7. Composite Finite Elements in Structural Analysis
G. Garcea, L. Leonetti

8. Recent Progress on Lower-Bound Shakedown Analysis of Road Pavements
J. Wang, S. Liu, H.S. Yu

9. Numerical Yield Design Analysis of High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Walls in Fire Conditions
J. Bleyer, D. T. Pham, P. Buhan

10. Efficient Shakedown Solutions in Complex Loading Domains
K. D. Panagiotou, K. V. Spiliopoulos

11. Some Graphical Interpretations of Melan’s Theorem for Shakedown Design
N. Vermaak, M. Boissier, L. Valdevit, R. M. McMeeking

12. High Temperature Limit Analysis of Pressure Vessels and Piping with Local Wall-Thinning
X. Du, Y. Liu, J. Zhang

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