Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications from Nanoscale to Macroscale (Key Engineering Materials)

This edited collection of 240 peer-reviewed articles covers a broad range of topics dealing with plasticity in various materials, such as metals, composites, polymers, foams, soils, and rocks at the nano-, micro- and macro-scales. These informative papers will bring the reader fully up-to-date with the latest research efforts advancing on a broad range of fronts in engineering plasticity.The papers are divided into the following sections: Plenary Lectures, Advanced Materials, Composites, Crystal Plasticity, Damaged Materials, Dynamic Behavior, Finite Element Analysis, Foams, Fracture, Fatigue and Strength, Indentation, Metal Formability, Metal Forming, Metal Plasticity and Viscoplasticity, Micro/Nano Materials and Structures, Molecular Dynamics, Multiscale Analysis, Phase Transformation, Polymers, Rocks, Stones and Concretes, Shape Memory Alloys, Structures and Stress Analysis, and, Welds and Joints.This book will be an essential reference work for those working in these fields.