This paper focuses on the application of a continuum-based method in the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) analysis of the stability of jointed rock slopes. In order to take into account the jointed nature of the material, the Finite Element Method (FEM) is formulated based on Cosserat theory. Also, it is assumed that failure of the equivalent material can result from failure of the joints, failur...

A non-equilibrium theory of isothermal and diffusionless evolution of incoherent interfaces within a plastically deforming solid is developed. The irreversible dynamics of the interface are driven by its normal motion, incoherency (slip and misorientation), and an intrinsic plastic flow; and purely by plastic deformation in the bulk away from the interface. Using the continuum theory for defect...

In Powder Metallurgy the knowledge of the mechanisms governing the deformation behaviour of the material during its processing is in an initial stage due to the lack of an elasto-plastic model that could explain the mechanical behaviour, specially when the initial stage of powder die compaction is the one to be considered. For this reason geological models such as Cam-clay and Cap [1, 2, 3, 4] ...

We consider the variational formulation of both geometrically linear and geometrically nonlinear elasto-plasticity subject to a class of hard single-slip conditions. Such side conditions typically render the associated boundary-value problems non-convex. We show that, for a large class of non-smooth plastic distortions, a given single-slip condition (specification of Burgers vectors) can be rel...