Dual extremum principles in finite deformation elastoplastic analysis (Q808761)

For the variational boundary-value problem of elasto-perfectly plastic material body, dual extremum principles are established. A gap between two functionals: the total complementary energy and its conjugate functional, called in the paper: the gap function, characterizes the nonlinear variational boundary-value problems considered in the paper. When the gap function (functional) is non-negative complementary-dual extremum principles, and criteria for existence and uniqueness of solutions, are formulated. A pair of bounding theorems for limit analysis are derived. The medium is governed by Hencky's law of deformation theory of plasticity.