Direct Methods

Evaluation of human bones bearing capacity with the Limit Analysis Theory.- The linear matching method and its software tool for creep fatigue damage assessment.- Limit analysis of complex 3D steel structures using second-order cone Programming.- Limit fire analysis of 3D framed structures based on time-dependent yield surfaces.- Limit analysis of dry masonry block structures with non-associative Coulomb friction.- Homogenization of ductile porous materials by Limit and Shakedown Analysis.- Recent updates of the Residual Stress Decomposition Method for Shakedown Analysis.- Stress compensation method for shakedown analysis and its engineering applications.- On cyclic steady states and elastic shakedown in diffusion-induced plasticity.- Numerical method for quasi-static and dynamic elastoplastic problems by symplectic Brezis-Ekeland-Nayroles non-incremental principle.- Shakedown limits of slab track substructures and their implications for design .- Investigations of Shakedown in the Presence of Ambient Creep using Direct Methods for High Strength Steel under Multiaxial Loadings.