A rubber band undergoes elastic distortion when stretched a little. A metal drinks can undergoes inelastic distortion when it is squashed.

The nonlinear inelastic analysis of steel frame structures is a critical area of research in civil engineering, focusing on understanding how these structures behave under various loads and ...

Senior Technical School of Roads, Canals and Ports Engineers of Barcelona, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. Structural Engineering Department, School of Civil Engineering, Lisandro ...