A generalised method for ratchet analysis of structures undergoing arbitrary thermo-mechanical load histories

DOI10.1002/nme.4924zbMath1352.74098OpenAlexW2158329617MaRDI QIDQ2952815

Haofeng Chen, M. Lytwyn, Alan R. S. Ponter

Publication date: 30 December 2016

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/52828/

zbMATH Keywords

cyclic plasticitydirect methodsratchetshakedownlinear matching method (LMM)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermal effects in solid mechanics (74F05)

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Uses Software

• ABAQUS

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