Advances in Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications

Part 1 Keynote Papers. Modelling the deformation of polycrystals - explaining the length changes that take place during torsion testing (J.J. Jonas). Deformation mechanisms in impact energy absorbing components and materials (S.R. Reid). Concrete plasticity - macro and micro approaches (W.F. Chen). Contribution to the finite element modelling of three dimensional rolling (J.-L. Chenot et al). The incorporation of an anisotropic yield locus derived from the crystallographic texture in FE modelling of forming (P. van Houtte et al.). Methodology and applications of mesoplasticity in manufacturing sciences (W.B. Lee, W. Yang). Part 2 Constitutive modelling. A consideration on yield criterion for sintered porous metals (J.J. Park). Two surface model for soils with induced anisotropy (N. Yasufuku et al). Part 3 Damage and fracture. A damage model of fatigue analysis for Al alloy 2024-T3 (Y. Wei et al). Experimental and computational models of the deformation of ceramic composites by micro-cracking (J.D. McCafferty, J. W. Hancock). Part 4 Dynamic and visco-plasticity. A technique to probe dynamic strain ageing (C.P. Ling et al). Visco-plastic behaviour of SUS-304 stainless steel at ultra-high temperature (D.Y. Ju et al). Part 5 Crystal plasticity. Anisotropic creep behaviour of textured Ti and Zr alloys (S. Nangalia, K.L. Murty). Mechanical anisotropy and crystallographic texture in TiAlMn alloy sheet (J.C. Britt et al). Part 6 Numerical methods. A benchmark for elastoplastic finite elements (H.S. Yu). Part 7 Structural analysis and geomechanics. Effect of strain-hardening on the behaviour of axially crushed cylindrical tubes (T. Y. Reddy, E. Zhang). Thermoelastoplastic and residual stresses in thick-walled cylindrical pressure vessels of strain hardening material (A. Loghman, M.A. Wahab). Part 8 Forming and machining. An analysis for axisymmetric extrusion including redundant work and strain-hardening (J. Chakrabarty). Generalization of the Marciniak-Kuczynski defect model for predicting forming limit diagrams (P. Van Houtte, L.S. Toth).