Inelastic Analysis of Structures, Milan Jir Asek and Zden Ek P. Ba Zant, John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 0-471-98716-6, 758 Pages

Book reviews Struct Multidisc Optim 24, 87  Springer-Verlag 2002
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s00158-002-0217-z
Inelastic analysis of structures, Milan Jirásek and Zdeněk P.

Bažant, John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 0-471-98716-6,
758 Pages
S. Turteltaub
This book deals with a wide range of topics of inelastic be- tionally, of interest to civil engineers, a chapter that cov-
havior of materials and structures. It is structured in five ers modelling of concrete and soils is also included. In
parts, comprised of 29 chapters. The first four parts are line with the authors’ style in the first three parts of the
concerned with (rate-independent) plasticity whereas the book, several examples are included in each section, al-
last one covers viscoplasticity and creep. Several appen- though, understandably so, they serve mainly to further
dices provide background material and summarize spe- develop the theory. A remarkable and useful feature of the
cial topics. Although the book was written as a textbook chapters in this part is that they have a clear and self-
for first and second year graduate students, it can also contained introduction to each topic.
be used, due to its scope and length, as a handbook in The last part of the book is comprised of an assorted
plasticity. collection of subjects grouped under the common theme
After a brief introduction to plasticity, the first two of time-dependent behavior. It includes non-local theo-
parts of the book are mainly concerned with applications ries, viscoplasticity and creep and shrinkage in concrete.
to structures. It is a systematic introduction to beams, Some of these chapters summarize recently published and
trusses and frames and the analysis is based on a sim- ongoing research work by the authors and others.
ple isotropic, perfectly elastoplastic model. The authors In general, parts I, II and III seem geared towards
introduce each subject inductively via a series of well- application-oriented structural engineers whereas parts
chosen examples, which are subsequently solved in detail. IV and V might be more appealing to researchers inter-
This part includes topics that are not typically covered ested in theoretical aspects of plasticity. In this sense, the
in plasticity books, notably optimal design using limit book has enough material for two separate courses.
and shakedown analysis. A natural extension to three- There is a comprehensive list of references, spanning
dimensional continuum plasticity is presented in the third different sources and approaches. A list of problems is
part of the book. The authors include an appendix that included at the end of each chapter. Solutions to these
summarizes cartesian tensors, though the reader should problems (as well as errata) are available on line at Wi-
have taken an elementary course in elasticity. Classical ley’s site (www.wiley.co.uk/inelastic/).
yield conditions and flow rules are covered in this part. Overall the book is well written and the presentation
The first three parts of the book might be appealing to of each subject is systematic and coherent. The authors’
structural engineers who are also interested in learning aim to proceed from simple examples to complex gener-
about optimization. alizations was achieved, particularly in the first parts of
The fourth part of the book treats various more ad- the book. Due to its length, it is appealing for students
vanced topics on material behavior, numerical methods, and researchers who are looking for a comprehensive book
continuum thermodynamics, crystal plasticity and con- on plasticity that covers both material and structural as-
stitutively and geometrically nonlinear behavior. Addi- pects of plasticity.
Received March 8, 2002

S. Turteltaub
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineer-
ing, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands

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Digital Object Identiﬁer (DOI) 10.1007/s00158-002-0217-z

Inelastic analysis of structures, Milan Jirásek and Zdeněk P.

Received March 8, 2002

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