Abstract: Shakedown analysis is an important part of the structural design or the research on load-bearing capacity. In the present paper, the classical shakedown theory, the methods of shakedown analysis and their engineering applications arc first introduced briefly. Then, in terms of factors influencing structure, shakedown, the paper gives a survey on the recent development of shakedown theory, including its application in thermal load, geometric effects, strainharden-ing and dynamic effects, methods of bounding ...