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Larry J. Segrelind ... 448 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 2nd edition ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0471806625 - ISBN-13: 978-0471806622

An introductory textbook for senior/graduate couses in finite element analysis taught in all engineering departments. Covers the basic concepts of the finite element method and their application to the analysis of plane structures and two-dimensional continuum problems in heat transfer, irrotational fluid flow, and elasticity. This revised edition includes a reorganization of topics and an increase in the number of homework problems. The emphasis on numerical illustrations make topis clear without heavy use of sophisticated mathematics.

Olek C. Zienkiewicz, Robert L. Taylor, J. Z. Zhu ... 756 pages - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 7th edition (September, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1856176339 - ISBN-13: 978-1856176330

The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory and worked examples in the detail required for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering problems and understand more advanced applications. This edition sees a significant rearrangement of the book’s content to enable clearer development of the finite element method, with major new chapters and sections added to cover: Weak forms  + Variational forms + Multi-dimensional field problems  + Automatic mesh generation  + Plate bending and shells  + Developments in meshless techniques. Focusing on the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools needed for successful application, The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals is the authoritative resource of choice for graduate level students, researchers and professional engineers involved in finite element-based engineering analysis.

Alberto Carpinteri ... 545 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (June, 2017) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415580374 - ISBN-13: 978-0415580373

Building on the author’s Structural Mechanics Fundamentals, this text presents a complete and uniform treatment of the more advanced topics in structural mechanics, ranging from beam frames to shell structures, from dynamics to buckling analysis, from plasticity to fracture mechanics, from long-span to high-rise civil structures. Features: Plane frames * Statically indeterminate beam systems: Method of displacements * Plates and shells * Finite element method * Dynamics of discrete systems * Dynamics of continuous elastic systems * Buckling instability * Long-span structures * High-rise structures * Theory of plasticity * Plane stress and plane strain conditions * Mechanics of fracture. This book serves as a text for graduate students in structural engineering, as well as a reference for practising engineers and researchers.

Chung C. Fu, Shuqing Wang ... 631 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (December, 2014) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1466579846 - ISBN-13: 978-1466579842

Bridge structures vary considerably in form, size, complexity, and importance. The methods for their computational analysis and design range from approximate to refined analyses, and rapidly improving computer technology has made the more refined and complex methods of analyses more commonplace. The key methods of analysis and related modeling techniques are set out, mainly for highway bridges, but also with some information on railway bridges. Special topics such as strut-and-tie modeling, linear and nonlinear buckling analysis, redundancy analysis, integral bridges, dynamic/earthquake analysis, and bridge geometry are also covered. The material is largely code independent. The book is written for students, especially at MSc level, and for practicing professionals in bridge design offices and bridge design authorities worldwide. Effectively Analyze Structures Using Simple Mathematical Models; divided into three parts and comprised of 18 chapters, this text: Covers the methods of computational analysis and design suitable for bridge structures + Provides information on the methods of analysis and related modeling techniques suitable for the design and evaluation of various types of bridges + Presents material on a wide range of bridge structural types and is fairly code independent. Computational Analysis and Design of Bridge Structures covers the general aspects of bridges, bridge behavior and the modeling of bridges, and special topics on bridges. This text explores the physical meanings behind modeling, and reveals how bridge structures can be analyzed using mathematical models.

Russell C. Hibbeler ... 768 pages - Publisher: Prentice Hall; 13th edition (April, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0132911272 - ISBN-13: 978-0132911276

In his revision of Engineering Mechanics, R.C. Hibbeler empowers students to succeed in the whole learning experience. Hibbeler achieves this by calling on his everyday classroom experience and his knowledge of how students learn inside and outside of lecture. This text is ideal for civil and mechanical engineering professionals.

A. A. Becker ... 350 pages - Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; 1st edition (June 1992) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0077074394 - ISBN-13: 978-0077074395

This book is written for engineering students and practicing engineers who have little knowledge of the boundary element method. Engineers and students have tended to be discouraged by complex mathematics usually employed in explaining this method, which has led to the popularity of the finite element method. This book attempts to redress the balance. It limits the mathematics to one chapter and breaks down the derivation of the formulation into logical steps, allowing the reader to focus on their particular applications. The book features coverage of all important boundary element applications, a step-by-step approach to the formulation and fully documented computer listing providing practical application solutions. It is aimed at research and development engineers and undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied mathematics, numerical computation and advanced mathematics in mechanical, civil and aeronautical departments.

Charles Head Norris, John Benson Wilbur, Senol Utka ... 768 pages - Publisher: McGraw Hill; 3rd edition (July, 1976) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0070472564 - ISBN-13: 978-0070472563

This text is designed for courses in structural analysis or theory of structures which are taught in departments of Civil Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering. In its three previous editions, this text has been used to teach engineering students the underlying theory and the basics of structural analysis and structural behaviour. The new fourth edition establishes a foundation in structural theory in Part One, and then brings the material up-to-date with a completely new Part Two which covers the new techniques of systematic analysis using matrices and machine computations.

Antonio Nanni, Antonio De Luca, Hany Jawaheri Zadeh ... 418 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (March, 2014) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415778824 - ISBN-13: 978-0415778824

Corrosion-resistant, electromagnetic transparent and lightweight fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are accepted as valid alternatives to steel in concrete reinforcement. Reinforced Concrete with FRP Bars: Mechanics and Design, a technical guide based on the authors’ more than 30 years of collective experience, provides principles, algorithms, and practical examples. Well-illustrated with case studies on flexural and column-type members, the book covers internal, non-prestressed FRP reinforcement. It assumes some familiarity with reinforced concrete, and excludes prestressing and near-surface mounted reinforcement applications. The text discusses FRP materials properties, and addresses testing and quality control, durability, and serviceability. It provides a historical overview, and emphasizes the ACI technical literature along with other research worldwide. Includes an explanation of the key physical mechanical properties of FRP bars and their production methods - Provides algorithms that govern design and detailing, including a new formulation for the use of FRP bars in columns - Offers a justification for the development of strength reduction factors based on reliability considerations - Uses a two –story building solved in Mathcad® that can become a template for real projects. This book is mainly intended for practitioners and focuses on the fundamentals of performance and design of concrete members with FRP reinforcement and reinforcement detailing. Graduate students and researchers can use it as a valuable resource.

J. L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige ... 544 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 7th edition (August, 2011) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470614730 - ISBN-13: 978-0470614730

The 7th edition of this classic text continues to provide the same high quality material seen in previous editions. The text is extensively rewritten with updated prose for content clarity, superb new problems in new application areas, outstanding instruction on drawing free body diagrams, and new electronic supplements to assist readers. Furthermore, this edition offers more Web-based problem solving to practice solving problems, with immediate feedback; computational mechanics booklets offer flexibility in introducing Matlab, MathCAD, and/or Maple into your mechanics classroom; electronic figures from the text to enhance lectures by pulling material from the text into Powerpoint or other lecture formats; 100+ additional electronic transparencies offer problem statements and fully worked solutions for use in lecture or as outside study tools.

I. M. Smith,  D. V. Griffiths, L. Margetts ... 682 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 5th edition (November, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1119973341- ISBN-13: 978-1119973348

Many students, engineers, scientists and researchers have benefited from the practical, programming-oriented style of the previous editions of Programming the Finite Element Method, learning how to develop computer programs to solve specific engineering problems using the finite element method. This new fifth edition offers timely revisions that include programs and subroutine libraries fully updated to Fortran 2003, which are freely available online, and provides updated material on advances in parallel computing, thermal stress analysis, plasticity return algorithms, convection boundary conditions, and interfaces to third party tools such as ParaView, METIS and ARPACK. As in the previous editions, a wide variety of problem solving capabilities are presented including structural analysis, elasticity and plasticity, construction processes in geomechanics, uncoupled and coupled steady and transient fluid flow and linear and nonlinear solid dynamics. Key features: Updated to take into account advances in parallel computing as well as new material on thermal stress analysis + Programs use an updated version of Fortran 2003 + Includes exercises for students + Accompanied by website hosting software. Programming the Finite Element Method, Fifth Edition is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in civil and mechanical engineering, applied mathematics and numerical analysis, and is also a comprehensive reference for researchers and practitioners.

Yeong-Bin Yang ... 450 pages - Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; (October, 1994) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0131092243 - ISBN-13: 978-0131092242 ...

Any nonlinear theories or finite elements have to be tested before they can be put into practice. Using the rigid body concept, this book provides simple rules for examining the validity of nonlinear theories and finite elements derived for structural members. The rules can be applied as well to testing the consistency of existing theories or computer analysis programs for nonlinear structures. Covers linear analysis and element quality test; nonlinear trusses and incremental constitutive laws; nonlinear analysis of planar frames; fundamentals of nonlinear theory of space frames; stiffness matrices for nonlinear analysis of space frames; theory and analysis on buckling of curved beams; and procedures for geometric nonlinear analysis. Provides numerous examples containing both analytical and numerical solutions. For mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineers

Timothy A. Philpot ... 744 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (January, 2008) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470044381 - ISBN-13: 978-0470044384 ...

With this book, readers will now be able to easily visualize and understand mechanics phenomena while also gaining extensive practice in modeling and solving mechanics problems. It offers a three-part approach to explaining core concepts: in-text discussion, worked examples, and an online tutorial and animation provided by MecMovies. These animations have been proven to increase the reader's visualization skills, confidence level in solving problems, and interest in the material.

912 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 3rd edition (June, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1118083474 - ISBN-13: 978-1118083475 ...

Philpot's Mechanics of Materials: An Integrated Learning System, 3rd Edition, helps engineering students visualize key mechanics of materials concepts better than any text available, following a sound problem solving methodology while thoroughly covering all the basics. The third edition retains seamless integration with the author’s award winning MecMovies software. More than 40% of the problems are new and/or revised. New coverage is included on sheer stress in beams as well as energy methods. Content has also been revised throughout the text to provide students with the latest information in the field.

Fionn Dunne, Nik Petrinic ... 258 pages - Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st edition (August, 2005) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0198568266 - ISBN-13: 978-0198568261 ...

This book gives an introduction to computational plasticity and includes the kinematics of large deformations, together with relevant continuum mechanics. Central to the book is its focus on computational plasticity, and we cover an introduction to the finite element method which includes both quasi-static and dynamic problems. We then go on to describe explicit and implicit implementations of plasticity models in to finite element software. Throughout the book, we describe the general, multiaxial form of the theory but uniquely, wherever possible, reduce the equations to their simplest, uniaxial form to develop understanding of the general theory and we hope physical insight. We provide several examples of implicit and explicit implementations of von Mises time-independent and visco-plasticity in to the commercial code ABAQUS (including the fortran coding), which should prove invaluable to research students and practicing engineers developing ABAQUS 'UMATs'. The book bridges the gap between undergraduate material on plasticity and existing advanced texts on nonlinear computational mechanics, which makes it ideal for students and practicing engineers alike. It introduces a range of engineering applications, including superplasticity, porous plasticity, cyclic plasticity and thermo-mechanical fatigue, to emphasize the subject's relevance and importance.

James F. Epperson ... 614 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 2nd edition (October, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1118367596 - ISBN-13: 978-1118367599 ...

The Second Edition of the highly regarded An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis provides a fully revised guide to numerical approximation. The book continues to be accessible and expertly guides readers through the many available techniques of numerical methods and analysis. An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis, Second Edition reflects the latest trends in the field, includes new material and revised exercises, and offers a unique emphasis on applications. The author clearly explains how to both construct and evaluate approximations for accuracy and performance, which are key skills in a variety of fields. A wide range of higher-level methods and solutions, including new topics such as the roots of polynomials, spectral collocation, finite element ideas, and Clenshaw-Curtis quadrature, are presented from an introductory perspective, and the Second Edition also features: Chapters and sections that begin with basic, elementary material followed by gradual coverage of more advanced material + Exercises ranging from simple hand computations to challenging derivations and minor proofs to programming exercises + Widespread exposure and utilization of MATLAB  + An appendix that contains proofs of various theorems and other material. The book is an ideal textbook for students in advanced undergraduate mathematics and engineering courses who are interested in gaining an understanding of numerical methods and numerical analysis.

Michel Geradin, Daniel J. Rixen ... 616 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 3rd edition (February, 2015) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1118900200 - ISBN-13: 978-1118900208 ...

Richard E. Goodman ... 576 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 2nd edition (January, 1989) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0471812005 - ISBN-13: 978-0471812005 ...

Introduces a new approach to rock mechanics called ``block theory,'' which formalizes procedures for selecting proper shapes and orientations for excavations in hard jointed rock. Applies block theory to rock slopes and underground excavations, and covers the Q theory of rock classification, the empirical criterion of joint shear strength, rock bolting, properties of weak rocks, statistical frequency of jointing, an empirical criterion of rock strength, and design of underground supports. Contains many new problems with worked-out solutions.

Singiresu S. Rao ... 840 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 4th edition (2014)... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470183527 - ISBN-13: 978-0470183526 ...

This is the only book on the market that discusses all the important methods of optimization. All the methods are presented in a simple language in the most comprehensive manner. Nonlinear, linear, geometric, dynamic and stochastic programming techniques are presented with a focus on engineering applications. Other more specialized methods such as optimal control, multiobjective optimization, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, neural networks and fuzzy optimization methods are also included. In each case examples and cases are presented to show how the mtheod is actually used in the real world.