ELASTIC-PLASTIC BENDIT'TC. MALYSIS OF PLATES AND SLABS BY TME FINITE ELEMENT METHOD A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE IThIIVERSITY OF LONDON FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY GREGORY MAlCOLM McNEICE, B.A.So., A.M.E.I.C. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL ENG.INEERING. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON November 1967