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Summary: A good book in computational mechanics
Review: The authors have missed the opportunity of producing a comprehensive text on inelasticity. They have done such a good job in covering the computational mechanics aspect of inelasticity. For a proper understanding of underlying constitutive equations of inelasticity one has to rely on a more definitive book such as Plasticity Theory by Jacob Lubliner, or, Introduction to Theories of Plasticity by S. K. Jain, or, Continuum Theory of Plasticity by Khan and Huang. Hope the authors will consider expanding their book a bit.
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Summary: Right on target yet someting missing
Review: The book had been in the making at Stanford for some time. I happened to use a manuscript of it in 1991 at Virginia Tech. I was pleasantly surprised how quickly a student could pick up relevant aspects of compuatational plasticity from this book; the book has a style of its own. We have successfully used the book in programming the integral (or endochronic) hardening rule with the incremental theory of plasticity. The book surely makes a useful companion to a plasticity textbook.It is disheartening to see that the numerical schemes for the integration of the constitutive equations of the endochronic theory are missing from the book.
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Summary: Absolutely Accept No Substitute
Review: This book is really well organised, and the theory is well presented, particularly Chapter 1. It is among the few which I highly recommend, and it is value for money.
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Summary: Absolutely Accept No Substitute
Review: This book is really well organised, and the theory is well presented, particularly Chapter 1. It is among the few which I highly recommend, and it is value for money.
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