Finite Element Method (Volume 2) Solid Mechanics (5th Edition)

Author: Zhuang Zhu
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is one of the earliest publications on the finite element method, with its first edition published in 1967. Over nearly 40 years and through five subsequent editions, it has expanded from structures and solids to fluids, growing from a single volume to a three-volume set. It embodies the author's nearly 40 years of research achievements, compiles the essence of nearly a thousand papers, and has nurtured generations of students and engineers worldwide in computational solid mechanics, becoming a classic masterpiece of the finite element method.
The first volume of this book covers the fundamental aspects of the finite element approximation in linear problems, including typical examples of two-dimensional and three-dimensional elastic, thermal conduction, and electromagnetic problems under steady-state and transient conditions, as well as an introduction to the structure of finite element computational programs. In the third volume, the application of the finite element method in fluid mechanics is introduced. This volume is the second—Solid Mechanics—covering cutting-edge topics in computational solid mechanics, describing special problems of nonlinear systems, such as finite element formulations, solutions, and examples for material, geometric, and contact nonlinearities. It also includes finite element formulations, solutions, and applications of plates and shells in structural mechanics analysis. These two volumes complement each other, and readers will benefit from the finite element analysis of continua and structures.
This volume can be used by researchers familiar with the general content of the finite element method and introduces its specific problems in solid mechanics. It is recommended to use this volume in conjunction with the first volume.