The mathematical foundation of the general bounding surface constitutive formulation in
plasticity is presented. Along these lines the concept of hypoplasticity is formally introduced …

For engineering problems, the elastoplastic constitutive model has been required, which is
applicable to the prediction of cyclic loading behavior for various stress/strain amplitudes …

Cyclic mobility is exhibited by saturated medium to dense cohesionless soils during
liquefaction, due to soil skeleton dilation at large shear strain excursions. This volume-shear …

The understanding of ground motions in the near-fault region is important for seismic risk
assessment in a number of populated areas that overlie fault zones. Understanding the …

A comprehensive constitutive model for sand is formulated within the general framework of
bounding surface hypoplasticity. The distinctive feature of this model is the dependence of …

We present a general formulation of a class of uniaxial phenomenological models, able to
accurately simulate hysteretic phenomena in rate-independent mechanical systems and …

The theory of zero purely elastic range in stress space within the framework of bounding
surface plasticity is applied to sand constitutive modelling. The yield surface shrinks to zero …

The response of soil subjected to thermal cyclic loading plays an important role in certain
engineering applications, such as high-level nuclear waste disposal, heat storage systems …

This book is a result of the authors' research and teaching in the field of finite element
nonlinear analysis over many years. In the research related to this book, our objective has …

Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are affected by wind, wave, and current during their service
life, which lead to the substructures undergoing combined effects of complex lateral loads …