edited by Liangchi Zhang (The University of Sydney, Australia)

Plasticity and impact dynamics are two important areas in engineering practice, which includes structural engineering, crashworthiness, metal formation and new structural materials. The application of engineering plasticity and impact dynamics has resulted in significant achievements both technically and economically.

This book presents the state-of-the-art developments in the above fields. It contains over 15 chapters written by experts in engineering plasticity and impact dynamics. It covers a wide range of theoretical developments and engineering applications, including fundamentals of energy absorption, applications of new materials, crashworthiness, bifurcation in plasticity, microdynamics, penetration, wave propagation, fracture, laser impact and particle-impact-induced erosion.

• Wrinkling of Elastic-Linear Strain-Hardening Annular Plates in Relation to Deep-Drawing Processes (Y Xu)
• Localised Bifurcation Criteria for Elastoplastic Materials (M Jie)
• Cellular Textile Composite: Configuration and Energy Absorption Mechanisms (P Xue et al.)
• Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of Biodegradable Foams — From Physical Fundamentals to Applications (B Wang et al.)
• Penetration and Perforation into Metallic Targets by a Non-Deformable Projectile (Q-M Li & X-W Chen)
• Modelling and Analysis of Elastic Wave Propagation in FRCs (X-D Wang & S Gan)
• Thermal and Mechanical Effects of Laser Irradiation on Targets (F-L Chen)
• Mechanical Erosion of Boiler Tubes: Mechanism and Formulation (L Zhang)
• and other papers