Energy and finite element methods in structural mechanics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shames, Irving Herman, 1923- (Author)
Other Authors:	Dym, Clive L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Taylor and Francis, [1991]
Edition:	SI units ed.
Subjects:	Structural analysis (Engineering) Finite element method. Metric system. Metric System Théorie des constructions. Méthode des éléments finis. Système métrique. structural analysis. Finite element methods Metric system
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Preface to SI Units Edition
Outline, Course I (Senior-Graduate Level), Finite Elements
Outline, Course II (Senior-Graduate Level), Structural Mechanics
1. Theory of Linear Elasticity
2. Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
3. Variational Principles of Elasticity
4. Beams
5. Torsion
6. Classical Theory of Plates
7. Dynamics of Beams and Plates
8. Elastic Stability
9. Introduction to Finite Elements
10. Finite Elements for Beams
11. Elements and Interpolation Functions
12. Plane Stress
13. Finite Elements for Plates
14. Torsion
15. Finite Elements for Elastic Stability
16. Finite Elements for Dynamics
17. Broader Aspects of Finite Elements
App. I. Cartesian Tensors
App. II. To Show that Lagrange Multipliers Are Zero for Development of the Rayleigh-Ritz Method
App. III. Automatic Mesh Generation
App. IV. Plate Program for Triangular and Rectangular Elements (Fortran IV).