Abstract
This paper discusses the dynamic loading of rigid-perfectly plastic structures by adopting a structural model discretized with constant stress finite elements. This assumption together with the hypothesis of small displacements and of a piecewise linear yield surface leads to the formulation of a problem in linear inequalities, which is, implicitly, time discretized. It is shown how the non linearity of the associated plastic flow laws leads to an equivalent extremal formulation. A numerical algorithm for solving the problem is directly derived from the mechanical statements. Numerical examples illustrate this approach. In the appendix an approximate technique is developed, which takes into account the influence of the strain-hardening and the strain rate sensitivity of material.
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