Creep in Structures: 3rd Symposium, Leicester, UK, September 8–12, 1980

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Historical Survey of the Development of Creep Mechanics from its Beginnings in the Last Century to 1970....Pages 1-12
Advances in Creep Mechanics....Pages 13-47
Mechanical Description of Viscoplastic and Damage Behaviour Under Variable Temperature in Presence of Microstructural Instabilities....Pages 48-71
The σ 0 Approach to Creep and Fracture of Metals and Alloys....Pages 72-89
A Critical Examination of Steady State Creep....Pages 90-102
On Constitutive Relations and Failure Criteria of an Austenitic Steel under Cyclic Loading at Elevated Temperature....Pages 103-127
The Creep of Moderately Thick Shells of Revolution Under Axisymmetrical Load....Pages 128-143
Practical Aspects of Model Creep Work....Pages 144-162
Review of Session I....Pages 163-165
Some Observations on Reference Stresses, Skeletal Points, Limit Loads and Finite Elements....Pages 166-178
Representation of Constitutive Equations in Creep Mechanics of Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials....Pages 179-201
The Continous Field of Damage and its Influence on the Creep Process in Concrete under Tensile Loading....Pages 202-219
Tensor Functions Approach to Creep Laws After Prestrain....Pages 220-232
Generalised Structural Models in Creep Mechanics....Pages 233-248
Bounding Structural Deformation due to Combined Creep and Plasticity....Pages 249-263
On the Creep Modified Shakedown Limit....Pages 264-278
High Temperature Problems Associated with the Design of the Commercial Fast Reactor....Pages 279-286
Review of Session II....Pages 287-288
Creep Buckling — A General View of the Phenomena....Pages 289-307
The Creep Buckling of Shells....Pages 308-330
Design Limits for Creep Buckling of Structural Components....Pages 331-348
Review of Session III....Pages 349-351
Dilatational Creep in Rock-Like Solids....Pages 352-361
Creep Deformation Kinetics of Concrete....Pages 362-367
Creep Fracture by Void Growth....Pages 368-387
Creep Deformation and Rupture Under Non-Proportional Loading....Pages 388-405
Creep Fracture in Nimonic 80A Under Triaxial Tensile Stressing....Pages 406-421
A Continuum Theory of Creep and Creep Damage....Pages 422-444
Mechanisms for the Growth of Intergranular Creep Cavities....Pages 445-462
Creep Crack Propagation in Terms of Continous Damage Mechanics....Pages 463-474
Review of Session IV....Pages 475-476
Creep-Fatigue Failure in High Temperature Alloys....Pages 477-503
The Extension of a Macroscopic Crack at Elevated Temperature by the Growth and Coalescence of Microvoids....Pages 504-519
Crack Growth Under Conditions of Creep and Damage....Pages 520-524
Creep Crack Growth and Cavitation Damage....Pages 525-541
Finite Element Analysis and Experimental Investigation on Creep Crack Propagation....Pages 542-563
Creep Crack Growth....Pages 564-575
History of Loading Effects on Creep Crack Growth in ½% Cr, ½% Mo, ¼% V Steel....Pages 576-591
Application of Non-Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics to Aged Type 316L Stainless Steel....Pages 592-605
Creep Recovery and Hardening Effects on the Stress Field Near a Crack Tip Under Variable Loads....Pages 606-610
An Assessment of Techniques of Analysis of Creep Crack-Growth Test-Record by J*-Integral....Pages 611-612
Review of Session V....Pages 613-615