The finite element method in structural mechanics : principles and practice of design of field-consistent elements for structural and solid mechanics

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

The finite element method in structural mechanics : principles and practice of design of field-consistent elements for structural and solid mechanics

by G. Prathap

(Solid mechanics and its applications, v. 24)

Kluwer Academic, c1993

Available at  / 8 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is not intended to be a text-book, delineating the full scope of finite element methodology, nor is it a comprehensive handbook of modern finite element practice for the finite element engineer. There are enough books that serve to do these and more. It is however intended as a monograph or treatise on a very specific area - the design of robust and accurate elements for applications in struc tural mechanics. It attempts to describe the epistemological conflict between the principles in finite element technology that can be described as Art and those that have a scientific basis invested in it and which can be admitted as science as the subject evolved and came to be accepted. The principles of structural mechanics as a branch of physics are well founded and have a sound scientific basis. The mathematical description of it has also a long history and is rigorously based on the infinitesimal and variational calculus. Of much more recent origin has been the branch of knowledge dealing with the numerical modelling of the beha viour of structural material. The most powerful method available to do this today is the finite element method. It is eminently suited to carry out the entire cycle of design and analysis of a structural configuration on a digital computer.

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Shear Flexible Beam Elements. 3. Simple Curved Beam Elements. 4. Non-Uniform Mapping and the Quadratic Beam Element. 5. Variationally Incorrect Formulations. 6. General Curved Beam Element. 7. Plane Stress Elements. 8. Plate Elements. 9. Brick Elements. 10. Shell Elements. 11. Varying Modulus, Initial Strain/Stress Elements. 12. The Variational Basis: a Philosophical Summing Up.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Related Books: 1-1 of 1

Details

  • NCID
    BA22925495
  • ISBN
    • 0792324927
  • LCCN
    93030133
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 414 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
  • Subject Headings
  • Parent Bibliography ID
Page Top