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Normality and convexity of the yield surface in nonlinear plasticity


Authors: Roger Fosdick and Eric Volkmann
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 51 (1993), 117-127
MSC: Primary 73G20; Secondary 73E05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1205941
MathSciNet review: MR1205941
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Abstract: An elementary proof of the normality condition is given. In addition, the convexity-concavity character of the yield surface is found to be related to the changes in elastic stiffness that take place during plastic loading.


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