... September 15, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Osamu Watanabe. 23 04 2012 31 07 2014 This paper describes a new extension of the linear matching method (LMM) for the direct evaluation of cyclic behavior with creep effects of structures subjected to a general load condition in the steady cyclic...

... linear matching method (LMM) for the direct evaluation of the ratchet limit. Shakedown and ratchet limit interaction diagrams of the defective pipeline identifying the regions of shakedown, reverse plasticity, ratcheting, and plastic collapse mechanism are presented, and parametric studies involving...

...Haofeng Chen; Weihang Chen; Tianbai Li; James Ure In this study, both the lower and upper bound shakedown limits of a closed-end composite cylinder with or without a cross-hole subject to constant internal pressure and a cyclic thermal gradient are calculated by the linear matching method...

...Haofeng Chen; Alan R. S. Ponter This paper describes a new linear matching method (LMM) technique for the direct evaluation of the ratchet limit of a structure subjected to a general cyclic load condition, which can be decomposed into cyclic and constant components. The cyclic load history...

...Haofeng Chen Based upon the kinematic theorem of Koiter ( 1960, “General Theorems for Elastic Plastic Solids,” in Progress in Solid Mechanics 1, J. N. Sneddon and R. Hill, eds., North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 167–221 ) the linear matching method (LMM) procedure has been proved to produce very...