Continuum Theory of Plasticity

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Summary: A lucid presentation
Review: As the book arrives in your hands from Amazon.com, what you find striking is detailed descriptions of Mroz model, theory of finite deformations, and crystal plasticity.

The book discusses in detail the stress-strain laws of classical plasticity which can be grouped under two headings following Mroz et al.(1991,1996): Single surface plasticity with integral hardening rule and multisurface plasticity with Mroz translation rule. In the first catagory, the book presents the models of perfect plasticity, the isotropic and kinematic hardening models of Prager, Frederick-Armstrong and Chaboche, and the endochronic model. The integral hardening rule with von-Mises yield function is the endochronic theory of Valanis(1980) as presented by Watanabe and Atluri(1986) and is discussed in great detail in this book. Such a presentation has not appeared in any other textbook todate. In the second catagory, the book presents the two surface plasticity model of Dafalias and Popov(1975) and the integrated hardening model of Mroz(1967) at length.

What I like about the book most is its coverage of the concepts of irreversible thermodynamics as they pertain to the theory of plasticity. The book stops short of unifying various models through this framework of thermodynamics.

Finally, please permit me to say, my book on plasticity can be very useful in understanding some very advanced concepts presented in "Continuum Theory of Plasticity." Thank you.

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Summary: An open response to your comments
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