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In order to break through bottleneck of finite element nonlinear analysis in solid mechanics, the first author (Kawai, 1977) proposed a family of new simplified element basing on the experimental evidence of solids under the ultimate state of loading in 1977. Since then a series of verification studies have been made in steel structures successfully.
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Kawai, T., Takeuchi, N. (1997). Development and Progress of the Discrete Method of Limit Analysis Using “Rigid Bodies — Spring Models”. In: Roorda, J., Srivastava, N.K. (eds) Trends in Structural Mechanics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5476-5_4
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