THE AUTHORS' ANSWER TO DISCUSSION BY MR. HIROSHI UEHARA : Hiroshi UEHARA, J. Struct. Constr. Eng., AIJ, No.516, 181-182, Feb. 1999

Abstract

The authors answer Mr. H. Uehara's questions as follows. The number of the answer corresponds to that of the question. 1. The authors used 2/Lx and 2/Ly as components of transformation matrix [A], because those components made a series of formulations simple. 2. The authors did not assume the shape of the yield,surface. The shape of the yield surface necessarily depended on the structural model, and was an octahedron. 3. It is a matter of course that different assumptions cause different physical characteristics. The authors compared the two rules to make clear the difference.