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

Author: (British) O.C. Zienkiewicz, (American) R.L. Taylor, Zhuang Zhuo, Cen Song (Translation)
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Publishing 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. After nearly 40 years of continuous updates and five editions, it has expanded from structures and solids to fluids, and from a single volume to a three-volume set. It has condensed the nearly 40 years of research results of the authors, summarized the essence of nearly a thousand papers, and nurtured generations of students and engineers worldwide in computational solid mechanics, becoming a classic masterpiece of the finite element method. The first volume covers the basic aspects of the finite element approximation in linear problems, involving typical examples of two-dimensional and three-dimensional elasticity, heat conduction, and electromagnetic problems in steady-state and transient conditions, and introduces 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 one—Solid Mechanics—covering cutting-edge topics in computational solid mechanics, describing special problems of nonlinear systems such as material, geometric, and contact nonlinear problems, including finite element formulations, solutions, and examples. 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 special problems in solid mechanics. It is recommended to use this volume in combination with the first volume.