The question whether a structure or a machine component can carry the applied loads, and with which margin of safety, or whether it will become unserviceable du

Hat ein Werkstoff seine Elastizitatsgrenze erreicht, so verhalt er sich inelastisch. Ingenieure und Designer mussen wissen, mit welchen Eigenschaften dann zu re

This book deals with the safety assessment of structures and structural components, possibly operating beyond the elastic limits under variable repeated thermo-

This collection of papers is a state of the art presentation of theories and methods related to the problem of the behaviour of mechanical structures under vari