Table of Contents

Motivation. One-Dimensional Plasticity and Viscoplasticity.- Classical Rate-Independent Plasticity and Viscoplasticity.- Integration Algorithms for Plasticity and Viscoplasticity.- Discrete Variational Formulation and Finite-Element Implementation.- Nonsmooth Multisurface Plasticity and Viscoplasticity.- Numerical Analysis of General Return Mapping Algorithms.- Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics and Phenomenological Plasticity Models.- Objective Integration Algorithms for Rate Formulations of Elastoplasticity.- Phenomenological Plasticity Models Based on the Notion of an Intermediate Stress-Free Configuration.- Viscoelasticity.

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"This book is well written, is easy to follow, and contains much useful material for researchers and graduate students in various branches of engineering and applied mathematics." Newsletter of the EMS, Issue 42, December 2001