This book is based on 40 years of research and teaching in the fields of fracture mechanics and plasticity. It will bring students and engineers from various disciplines up to date on key concepts that have become increasingly important in the design of safety-relevant engineering structures in general and in modern lightweight structures in the transportation industry in particular. Primarily intended for graduate students in the engineering sciences and practicing structural engineers, it employs a multidisciplinary approach that comprises theoretical concepts, numerical methods, and experimental techniques. In addition, it includes a wealth of analytical and numerical examples, used to illustrate the applications of the concepts discussed.

This book is based on 40 years of research and teaching in the fields of fracture mechanics and plasticity. It will bring students and engineers from various disciplines up to date on key concepts that have become increasingly important in the design of safety-relevant engineering structures in general and in modern lightweight structures in the transportation industry in particular. Primarily intended for graduate students in the engineering sciences and practicing structural engineers, it employs a multidisciplinary approach that comprises theoretical concepts, numerical methods, and experimental techniques. In addition, it includes a wealth of analytical and numerical examples, used to illustrate the applications of the concepts discussed.

Das Buch wendet sich als Lehrbuch vor allem an Studenten des Bauingenieurwesens und des Maschinenbaus. Da die Grundlagen fur das in den neuen Stahlbaunormen zugelassene plastische Berechnungsverfahren ausfuhrlich dargestellt werden, richtet es sich weiter an die Ingenieuere, die sich mit Planung, Konstruktion und Berechnung von Stahlbauten beschaftigen. Daruber hinaus wird es fur alle Ingenieure, die in Forschung und Praxis mit Festigkeitsproblemen me tallischer Konstruktionen beschaftigt sind, von Nutzen sein."