Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua - Softcover

Belytschko, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471987743 ISBN 13: 9780471987741

Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, 2000

Synopsis

Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and Structures Ted Belytschko, Wing Kam Liu, Brian Moran Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois This book provides a comprehensive description of the major methodologies of nonlinear finite element analysis for solid mechanics, as applied to continua and structures. Treatment of the subject is integrated in such a way that the reader can gain an understanding of the fundamental methods, a feeling for the comparative usefulness of different approaches and an appreciation of the difficulties inherent in nonlinear analysis. In-depth coverage of the following is given:
* Lagrangian and arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian treatments of continua
* many of the material laws used in today's software and research
* solution methods, including explicit and implicit time integration methods and methods for equilibrium problems
* basic concepts such as stability and smoothness, and techniques such as linearization and regularization
* methods for shells and structures
* contact-impact problems
* element technology, including multi-field elements
Ideal for self-study, no other book provides such a comprehensive description of nonlinear finite element analysis for solid mechanics. This is an invaluable reference not only for final year undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and engineers working on sophisticated finite element software and in the field of solid mechanics, but also for all users of nonlinear finite element programs.

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Review

"This remarkable and comprehensive book represents the state of knowledge of nonlinear solid continua and structures." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol. 959 No. 9, 2001)

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471987743
• ISBN 13: 9780471987741
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300