This book presents an introduction to the theory of plasticity from the computational point of view. The subject is covered with sufficient details to help undergraduate students reach graduate level with a solid background on its contents. The text is presented in two parts; the first comprises Chapters 1 to 6 and is concentrated on micro and continuum plasticity, including kinematics of large deformations and finite elements for static and dynamic problems of von Mises plasticity, and viscoplasticity using explicit and implicit techniques. Chapters 7 to 10 are included in the second part and discuss plasticity models such as superplasticity, porous plasticity, creep and cyclic plasticity. A key aspect of the publication is that it addresses the practical implementation of the techniques presented into the commercial code ABAQUS, also making available FORTRAN coding via the corresponding web site.
The authors’ intention to help, from undergraduates to researchers and practical engineers, to get modern practice in computational plasticity seems to be plainly accomplished in this interesting publication.