This monograph presents approaches to characterize inelastic behavior of
materials and structures at high temperature. Starting from experimental
observations, it discusses basic features of inelastic phenomena
including creep, plasticity, relaxation, low cycle and thermal
fatigue.
The authors formulate constitutive equations to describe the inelastic
response for the given states of stress and microstructure. They
introduce evolution equations to capture hardening, recovery, softening,
ageing and damage processes. Principles of continuum mechanics and
thermodynamics are presented to provide a framework for the modeling
materials behavior with the aim of structural analysis of
high-temperature engineering components.