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International journal of plasticity
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85
A chapter on fire and its effects is presented with a strong practical bias. This is an excellent comment on the needs for a structure, and its behaviour should a fire occur. A practical addition which could perhaps be added to a future edition of the book would be advice on possible re-use of steel members for reconstruction after a fire. The next two chapters, on structural members and on building, return again to mathematical approaches, including the consequences of member shapes, and residual stresses arising from the manufacturing processes, with a lucid presentation. Finally, some comments are given on design codes, which demonstrate clearly the author's wealth of practical experience, and the rational way in which design codes should be utilised to produce an economic and safe structure. Overall, something like 85% of the book is engineering, and 15% metallurgy, which probably reflects accurately the author's experience and interest in his time within the steel industry. J. E. Roberts
International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1985. Editor-in-Chief A. S. Khan. Published quarterly by Pergamon Press, Oxford. Institutional subscription for 1985, US$100; Personal subscription, US$45.
The declared aim of this journal, edited from the University of Oklahoma, is to provide a convenient and effective forum for scientists in the field of plasticity. The purpose is to report original research on all aspects of plastic deformation of isotropic as well as anisotropic solids, including the thermodynamics of plasticity and fracture, continuum theory, and macroscopic as well as microscopic phenomena. The topics of interest include plastic behaviour of simple crystals and polycrystalline metals, ceramics, rocks and soils, composite and polymers, as well as plasticity aspects of failure and fracture mechanics. The papers of the first issue (five contributions totalling 109 pp.) are of a high standard and inevitably mathematical. They should be of appreciable interest to scientists and engineering researchers working in the area of plastic behaviour. There is a trend in the papers towards the mathematical modelling of particular features of plastic behaviour.
86
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A disconcerting feature of the first issue is that all the contributions come from the USA. If the journal is to succeed internationally this trend must not continue. It may well be a function of the first issue, possibly comprising mainly invited contributions. The editorial board is international with members from Israel, France, Italy. Canada. Japan. Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, India and England as well as some eleven members from the USA. The Editor-in-Chief and CoEditors need to ensure that the international members of the board do succeed in developing the international nature of the contents.
J. E. Harding
Space Structures. An International Journal. Vol. 1. No. 1. 1985.68 pp. Editor Z. S. Makowski, Deputy Editor H. Nooshin. Published bv Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London. Subscription price Vol. 1: £76.00 (4 issues). This new journal, edited from the University of Surrey, covers an area of specialist interest, but one which has an appreciable world-wide following as evidenced from the recent well-attended conference on the subject reviewed in the first issue. The journal is interesting not only for the technical content of its papers but also because of various more general items. The first issue includes a review of Surrey University's Conference, short reports on new structures and a calendar of forthcoming events. Future issues will also include book reviews. Five papers have been presented in this issue from the USA, the United Kingdom and Romania. One is related to an actual structure while the other four are more research oriented. Both the papers and the more general material must make this journal of interest to anyone in research and design related to space structures and if the standard of papers and presentation are maintained the journal should be very successful.
85
A chapter on fire and its effects is presented with a strong practical bias. This is an excellent comment on the needs for a structure, and its behaviour should a fire occur. A practical addition which could perhaps be added to a future edition of the book would be advice on possible re-use of steel members for reconstruction after a fire. The next two chapters, on structural members and on building, return again to mathematical approaches, including the consequences of member shapes, and residual stresses arising from the manufacturing processes, with a lucid presentation. Finally, some comments are given on design codes, which demonstrate clearly the author's wealth of practical experience, and the rational way in which design codes should be utilised to produce an economic and safe structure. Overall, something like 85% of the book is engineering, and 15% metallurgy, which probably reflects accurately the author's experience and interest in his time within the steel industry. J. E. Roberts
International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1985. Editor-in-Chief A. S. Khan. Published quarterly by Pergamon Press, Oxford. Institutional subscription for 1985, US$100; Personal subscription, US$45.
The declared aim of this journal, edited from the University of Oklahoma, is to provide a convenient and effective forum for scientists in the field of plasticity. The purpose is to report original research on all aspects of plastic deformation of isotropic as well as anisotropic solids, including the thermodynamics of plasticity and fracture, continuum theory, and macroscopic as well as microscopic phenomena. The topics of interest include plastic behaviour of simple crystals and polycrystalline metals, ceramics, rocks and soils, composite and polymers, as well as plasticity aspects of failure and fracture mechanics. The papers of the first issue (five contributions totalling 109 pp.) are of a high standard and inevitably mathematical. They should be of appreciable interest to scientists and engineering researchers working in the area of plastic behaviour. There is a trend in the papers towards the mathematical modelling of particular features of plastic behaviour.
86
Reviews
A disconcerting feature of the first issue is that all the contributions come from the USA. If the journal is to succeed internationally this trend must not continue. It may well be a function of the first issue, possibly comprising mainly invited contributions. The editorial board is international with members from Israel, France, Italy. Canada. Japan. Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, India and England as well as some eleven members from the USA. The Editor-in-Chief and CoEditors need to ensure that the international members of the board do succeed in developing the international nature of the contents.
J. E. Harding
Space Structures. An International Journal. Vol. 1. No. 1. 1985.68 pp. Editor Z. S. Makowski, Deputy Editor H. Nooshin. Published bv Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London. Subscription price Vol. 1: £76.00 (4 issues). This new journal, edited from the University of Surrey, covers an area of specialist interest, but one which has an appreciable world-wide following as evidenced from the recent well-attended conference on the subject reviewed in the first issue. The journal is interesting not only for the technical content of its papers but also because of various more general items. The first issue includes a review of Surrey University's Conference, short reports on new structures and a calendar of forthcoming events. Future issues will also include book reviews. Five papers have been presented in this issue from the USA, the United Kingdom and Romania. One is related to an actual structure while the other four are more research oriented. Both the papers and the more general material must make this journal of interest to anyone in research and design related to space structures and if the standard of papers and presentation are maintained the journal should be very successful.