Computational Methods in Elasticity and Plasticity : Solids and Porous Media

Computational Methods in Elasticity and Plasticity: Solids and Porous Media presents the latest developments in the area of elastic and elasto-plastic finite element modeling of solids, porous media and pressure-dependent materials and structures. The book covers the following topics in depth: the mathematical foundations of solid mechanics, the finite element method for solids and porous media, the theory of plasticity and the finite element implementation of elasto-plastic constitutive models. The book also includes:

-A detailed coverage of elasticity for isotropic and anisotropic solids.

-A detailed treatment of nonlinear iterative methods that could be used for nonlinear elastic and elasto-plastic analyses.

-A detailed treatment of a kinematic hardening von Mises model that could be used to simulate cyclic behavior of solids.

-Discussion of recent advances in the analysis of porous media and pressure-dependent materials in more detail than other books currently available.

A . Anandarajah is a professor at The Johns Hopkins University, where he is a member of the Civil Engineering Department. Professor Anandarajah has almost 30 years of experience as an educator and researcher. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in numerical modeling, solid  mechanics and geomechanics.