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Limit analysis of a beam in bending immersed in an elastoplastic medium

Gaetano Zingone

subject

Work (thermodynamics)Materials scienceLimit analysisMechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringPlastic hingeHingeLimit loadBendingMechanicsCondensed Matter PhysicsDisplacement (fluid)Beam (structure)

description

The behavior of the beam-soil system is examined within the scope of the bilateral schematization of ideal elastoplastic bodies, in the following work stages; the expression for the limit load is supplied for each stage: Two peculiar features of the problem are highlighted:1) the “plastic hinge migration” phenomenon, due to the elastic unloading of the material, and2) the successive propagation of plastification in the soil which, being related to the displacement of the hinges in the beam, leads to the identification of the collapse mechanism of the systme.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02173994