"...well written work, many historical quotations make the book more readable....should be purchased by all engineering libraries and by those individuals, including graduate students, who are interested in classical metal plasticity theory." Dan Nicolae Cristescu, Applied Mechanics Review

• Preface; 1. A historical introduction; 2. The kinematics of double slip; 3. A general theory of elastoplastic crystals; 4. Axial-load experiments and latent hardening in single crystals; 5. Analysis of crystals in channel die compression; 6. Theoretical connections between crystal and aggregate behaviour; 7. Approximate polycrystal models; Appendix: the general theory of work-conjugate stress and strain; References; Index.

"...well written work, many historical quotations make the book more readable....should be purchased by all engineering libraries and by those individuals, including graduate students, who are interested in classical metal plasticity theory." Dan Nicolae Cristescu, Applied Mechanics Review

• Preface; 1. A historical introduction; 2. The kinematics of double slip; 3. A general theory of elastoplastic crystals; 4. Axial-load experiments and latent hardening in single crystals; 5. Analysis of crystals in channel die compression; 6. Theoretical connections between crystal and aggregate behaviour; 7. Approximate polycrystal models; Appendix: the general theory of work-conjugate stress and strain; References; Index.

"...well written work, many historical quotations make the book more readable....should be purchased by all engineering libraries and by those individuals, including graduate students, who are interested in classical metal plasticity theory." Dan Nicolae Cristescu, Applied Mechanics Review

• Preface; 1. A historical introduction; 2. The kinematics of double slip; 3. A general theory of elastoplastic crystals; 4. Axial-load experiments and latent hardening in single crystals; 5. Analysis of crystals in channel die compression; 6. Theoretical connections between crystal and aggregate behaviour; 7. Approximate polycrystal models; Appendix: the general theory of work-conjugate stress and strain; References; Index.