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	Analisi delle cerniere plastiche	Analisi agli elementi finiti
Campo	Ingegneria civile	Scienza dei materiali
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1914–1950s (Kazinczy 1914; Baker et al. 1956)	1943
Ideatore	Multiple contributors (Kazinczy, Kist, Baker, Horne, Neal)	Richard Courant
Tipo	Structural analysis method	Computational method
Fonte seminale	Chen, W. F., & Sohal, A. S. (1995). Plastic Design and Second-Order Analysis of Steel Frames. Springer. ISBN: 978-0387944319	Zienkiewicz, O. C., & Taylor, R. L. (1977). The Finite Element Method in Engineering Science. McGraw-Hill.
Alias	plastic hinge method, plastic collapse analysis, limit state plastic analysis, yield hinge analysis	FEA, finite element method
Correlati	3	4
Sintesi	Plastic hinge analysis is a structural engineering method that determines the load-carrying capacity of a structure by tracking the sequential formation of plastic hinges — localised zones where a cross-section has fully yielded — until a kinematic collapse mechanism is formed. Rooted in plastic theory, it provides a more economical and realistic estimate of ultimate structural capacity than purely elastic approaches, and is widely used in the design and assessment of steel frames, reinforced concrete beams, and other ductile structural systems.	Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a numerical technique for obtaining approximate solutions to boundary value problems described by differential equations. Developed systematically by Richard Courant in 1943 and popularized by Clough in the 1960s, FEA divides a complex domain into smaller, simpler elements to solve engineering problems involving stress, strain, heat transfer, and fluid flow. It is the dominant computational method in materials science for predicting material behavior under various loading conditions.