Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Diagnostic Tests -- 2 Tests Performed at Long and Short Term Intervals -- 3 Long-TermTests -- 4 Temperature Influence -- 5 The Influence of the Hydrostatic Pressure -- 6 Variation of Elastic Parameters with Plastic Strain (Metals) -- Bibliography -- 1. Yield Conditions -- 1.1 Stresses -- 1.2 Yield Conditions -- 1.3 The Classical Constitutive Equation for Perfectly Plastic Materials -- 1.4 Work-Hardening Materials -- 1.5 Isotropic Hardening -- 1.6 The Universal Stress Strain Curve -- 1.7 Constitutive Equation for Isotropic Work-Hardening Materials -- 1.8 The Drucker's Postulate -- 1.9 Kinematical Work-Hardening -- 1.10 Further Developments -- 1.11 Experimental Tests -- 1.12 Viscoplasticity -- 1.13 Rate Type Constitutive Equations -- 1.14 General Principles -- Bibliography -- 2. Rocks and Soils -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Experimental Foundation -- 2.3 The Constitutive Equation -- 2.4 Failure -- 2.5 Examples -- 2.6 Viscoelastic Model -- Bibliography -- 3. The Propagation of Longitudinal Stress Waves in Thin Bars -- 3.1 The Equation of Motion -- 3.2 The Finite Constitutive Equation -- 3.3 The Unloading Problem -- 3.4 Determination of the Loading/Unloading Boundary -- 3.5 The Finite Bar -- 3.6 Examples -- 3.7 The Elastic Solution -- Bibliography -- 4. Rate Influence -- 4.1 Experimental Results -- 4.2 The Constitutive Equation -- 4.3 Instantaneous Plastic Response -- 4.4 Numerical Examples -- 4.5 Other Papers -- Bibliography -- 5. Mechanics of Extensible Strings -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Equations of Motion -- 5.3 The Finite Constitutive Equation: Basic Formulae -- 5.4 The Order of Propagation of Waves -- 5.5 Boundary and Initial Conditions -- 5.6 Numerical Examples -- 5.7 Rate Influence -- 5.8 Shock Waves -- 5.9 Other Papers -- Bibliography -- 6. Flow of a Bigham Fluid.

6.1 Flow of a Bingham Fluid Through a Tube -- 6.2 Flow of a Bingham Fluid Between Two Circular Concentric Cylinders (Reiner [1960]) -- 6.3 A Model for Slow Motion of Natural Slopes (Cristescu et al. [2002]) -- 6.4 How to Measure the Viscosity and Yield Stress -- Bibliography -- 7. Axi-Symmetrical Problems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Enlargement of a Circular Orifice -- 7.3 Thin Wall Tube -- 7.4 Wire Drawing -- 7.4.1 Introduction -- 7.4.2 Basic Equations -- 7.4.3 Friction Laws -- 7.4.4 Drawing Stress -- 7.4.5 Comparison with Experimental Data -- 7.4.6 Other Papers -- 7.5 Floating Plug -- 7.5.1 Formulation of the Problem -- 7.5.2 Kinematics of the Deformation Process -- 7.5.3 Friction Forces -- 7.5.4 Determination of the Shape of the Floating Plug -- 7.5.5 The Drawing Force -- 7.5.6 Numerical Examples -- 7.6 Extrusion -- 7.6.1 Formulation of the Problem -- 7.6.2 Kinematics of the Process -- 7.6.3 The Approximate Velocity Field -- 7.6.4 The Extrusion Pressure -- 7.6.5 Numerical Examples -- Bibliography -- 8. Plastic Waves. Perforation -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Various Theories -- 8.3 Perforation with Symmetries -- 8.4 Modeling of the Taylor Cylinder Impact Test. Anisotropy -- 8.5 Analysis of the Steady-State Flow of a Compressible Viscoplastic Medium Over a Wedge (Cazacu et al. [2006]) -- Bibliography -- 9. Hypervelocity Impact (Information) -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Further Studies -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.