Table of Contents:
  • 1. Object of Analysis and Problem of Modelling
  • 2. Building a Design Model
  • 3. Basic Relationships for Discrete Systems
  • 4. Finite Element Models
  • 5. Mistakes and Pitfalls, Special Techniques to Build Finite Element Models
  • 6. Estimating and Interpreting Results
  • 7. Uncertainty of Parameters
  • 8. A Review of some Problem Classes
  • 9. Buckling Problems and Related Issues
  • 10. Problems of Dynamics
  • 11. A Word Instead of a Conclusion.