%0 Journal Article
%T An algorithmic approach for peak load evaluation of structural elements obeying a Menetrey-Willam type yield criterion
%A Aurora Angela Pisano
%J Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
%D 2012
%I Texas State University
%X A numerical procedure for the evaluation of the peak load of a general class of structures is presented. Namely the addressed structures obey to a three stress invariants constitutive criterion of Menetrey-Willam-type endowed with cap in compression. The formulation, developed in the Haigh-Westergaard coordinates, allows an easy treatment of the mechanical problem in a 3D context as well as an interesting geometrical interpretation in the principal stress space.
%K Numerical methods
%K finite element methods
%K rate-independent theory
%U http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2012/167/abstr.html