Shakedown of a plate with a circular hole: an educational problem

The shakedown limit for an infinite plate containing a circular hole and subject to oscillatory arbitrary remote loading is found, first by using Melan’s lower bound theorem, and secondly by using a finite element model. It is shown that in some cases the limit found from the Melan theorem using the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Y, Hills, DA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2023