Theories and applications of plate analysis : classical, numerical, and engineering methods /

Szilard (emeritus professor, structural mechanics, University of Hawaii) addresses a range of problems related to the static, dynamic, and elastic stability analysis of plates and describes analytical, numerical, computer-aided, and engineering solution techniques, in this book/CD-ROM package. Using...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Szilard, Rudolph, 1921-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2004.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Plate Theories and Analytical Solutions of Static, Linear-Elastic Plate Problems
  • 1. Elastic Plate Theories and Their Governing Differential Equations
  • 2. Exact and Series Solutions of Governing Differential Equations
  • 3. Further Plate Problems and Their Classical Solutions
  • 4. Energy and Variational Methods for Solution of Lateral Deflections
  • pt. II. Numerical Methods for Solution of Static, Linear-Elastic Plate Problems
  • 5. Finite Difference Methods
  • 6. Gridwork and Framework Methods
  • 7. Finite Element Method
  • 8. Classical Finite Strip Method
  • 9. Boundary Element Method
  • pt. III. Advanced Topics
  • 10. Linear Considerations
  • 11. Nonlinear Aspects
  • pt. IV. Engineering Solution Procedures
  • 12. Practical Design Methods
  • 13. Yield-Line Method
  • pt. V. Dynamic Analysis of Elastic Plates
  • 14. Classical and Energy Methods in Dynamic Analysis
  • 15. Numerical Methods in Plate Dynamics
  • pt. VI. Buckling of Plates
  • 16. Fundamentals of Stability Analysis
  • App. A.1. Fourier Series
  • App. A.2. Conversion from One Poisson Ratio to Another
  • App. A.3. Units.