1st Edition

Computer Methods in Structural Analysis

By J.L. Meek Copyright 1991
522 Pages
by CRC Press

524 Pages
by CRC Press

524 Pages
by CRC Press

This book deals with finite element analysis of structures and will be of value to students of civil, structural and mechanical engineering at final year undergraduate and post-graduate level. Practising structural engineers and researchers will also find it useful. Authoritative and up-to-date, it provides a thorough grounding in matrix-tensor analysis and the underlying theory, and a logical... Read more
Preface, CHAPTER 1 MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES, CHAPTER 2 BASIS OF SOLID MECHANICS — FUNDAMENTAL THEOREMS. CHAPTER 3 THE FORMULATION OF THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, CHAPTER 4 THE FORCE METHOD — LINE ELEMENT STRUCTURES, CHAPTER 5 THE DISPLACEMENT METHOD — LINE ELEMENT STRUCTURES, CHAPTER 6 THE DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD — NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS, CHAPTER 7 THE SOLID CONTINUUM CHAPTER 8, CHAPTER 9 ANALYSIS OF SHELLS, References, Index,

Biography

J.L. Meek