The finite element method for solid and structural mechanics / O.C. Zienkiewicz, CBE, FRS, previously UNESCO Professor of Numerical Methods in Engineering, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, previously Director of the Institute for Numerical Methods in Engineering, University of Whales, Swansea, UK, R.L. Taylor, Professor in the Graduate School, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA, D.D. Fox, Dassault Systemes SIMULIA, Providence, RI, USA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zienkiewicz, O. C.

Taylor, Robert L. (Robert Leroy), 1934- author.

Fox, David, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continuum mechanics--Mathematics.

Continuum mechanics.

Structural analysis (Engineering)--Mathematics.

Structural analysis (Engineering).

Finite element method.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 624 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Finite Element Method for Solid and Structural Mechanics is the key text and reference for engineers, researchers and senior students dealing with the analysis and modeling of structures, from large civil engineering projects such as dams to aircraft structures and small engineered components. This edition brings a thorough update and rearrangement of the book's content, including new chapters on: Material constitution using representative volume elements Differential geometry and calculus on manifolds Background mathematics and linear shell theory Focusing on the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools needed for successful structural analysis and modeling, The Finite Element Method for Solid and Structural Mechanics is the authoritative resource of choice for graduate level students, researchers and professional engineers. A proven keystone reference in the library of any engineer needing to apply the finite element method to solid mechanics and structural design. Founded by an influential pioneer in the field and updated in this seventh edition by an author team incorporating academic authority and industrial simulation experience. Features new chapters on topics including material constitution using representative volume elements, as well as consolidated and expanded sections on rod and shell models -- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

chapter 1. General problems in solid mechanics and nonlinearity

chapter 2. Galerkin method of approximation : irreducible and mixed forms

chapter 3. Solution of nonlinear algebraic equations

chapter 4. Inelastic and nonlinear materials

chapter 5. Geometrically nonlinear problems : finite deformation

chapter 6. Material constitution for finite deformation

chapter 7. Material constitution using representative volume elements

chapter 8. Treatment of constraints : contact and tied interfaces

chapter 9. Pseudo-rigid and rigid-flexible bodies

chapter 10. Background mathematics and linear shell theory

chapter 11. Differential geometry and calculus on manifolds

chapter 12. Geometrically nonlinear problems in continuum mechanics

chapter 13. A nonlinear geometrically exact rod model

chapter 14. A nonlinear geometrically exact shell model

chapter 15. Computer procedures for finite element analysis.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 16, 2013).

ISBN:

9780080951362 (electronic bk)

OCLC:

879866918