Review of Selected Issues in Anisotropic Plasticity under Axial Symmetry

The present review paper consists of two main parts, which are not connected. first part is devoted to a general axisymmetric elastic–plastic plane stress solution, assuming polar anisotropy. Strains infinitesimal. principal trajectories coincide with the axes No restrictions imposed on yield criterion other than conventional criteria in plasticity. plastic portion strain rate tensor determined from associated flow rule. A simple example illustrates solution. second stationary ideal theory for anisotropic materials under axial symmetry. elastic neglected. piece-wise linear adopted. This generalizes Tresca’s criterion. existence proven. It also shown that available solutions can be used deriving consideration. Miscellaneous topics shortly discussed third paper.