InhaltsangabePreface by Jean Lemaitre Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1. Model construction 1.2. Applications to models Chapter 2 General concepts 2.1. Formulation of the constitutive equations 2.2. Principle of virtual power 2.3. Thermodyna~nicso f irreversible processes 2.4. Main class of constitutive equations 2.5. Yield criteria 2.6. Numerical methods for nonlinear equations 2.7. Numerical solution of differential equations 2.8. Finite element Chapter 3 Plasticity and 3D viscoplasticity 3.1. Generality 3.2. Formulation of the constitutive equations 3.3. Flow direction associated to the classical criteria 3.4. Expression of some particular constitutive equations in plasticity 3.5. Flow under prescribed strain rate 3.6. Non-associated plasticity 3.7. Nonlinear hardening 3.8. Some classical extensions 3.9. Hardening and recovery in viscoplasticity 3.10. Multimechanism models 3.1 1. Behaviour of porous materials Chapter 4 Introduction to damage mechanics 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Notions and general concepts 4.3. Damage variables and state laws 4.4. State and dissipative couplings 4.5. Damage deactivation 4.6. Damage evolution laws 4.7. Examples of damage models in brittle materials Chapter 5 Microstructural mechanics 5.1. Characteristic lengths and scales in microstructural mechanics 5.2. Some homogenization techniques 5.3. Application to linear elastic heterogeneous materials 5.4. Some examples. applications and extensions 5.5. Homogenization in thermoelasticity 5.6. Nonlinear homogenization 5.7. Computation of RVE 5.8. Homogenization of coarse grain structures Chapter 6 Finite deformations 6.1. Geometry and kinematics of continuum 6.2. Sthenics and statics of the continuum 6.3. Constitutive laws 6.4. Application: Simple glide 6.5. Finite deformations of generalized continua Chapter 7 Nonlinear structural analysis 7.1. The material object 7.2. Examples of implementations of particular models 7.3. Specificities related to finite elements Chapter 8 Strain localization 8.1. Bifurcation modes in elastoplasticity 8.2. Regularization methods Appendix Notation used A.1. Tensors A.2. Vectors, Matrices A.3. Voigt notation