Computational Continuum Mechanics - Softcover

Shabana, Ahmed A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521174384 ISBN 13: 9780521174381

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book presents the nonlinear theory of continuum mechanics and demonstrates its use in developing nonlinear computer formulations for large displacement dynamic analysis. Basic concepts used in continuum mechanics are presented and used to develop nonlinear general finite element formulations that can be effectively used in large displacement analysis. The book considers two nonlinear finite element dynamic formulations: a general large deformation finite element formulation and a formulation that can efficiently solve small deformation problems that characterize very stiff structures. The book presents material clearly and systematically, assuming the reader has only basic knowledge in matrix and vector algebra and dynamics. The book is designed for use by advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students. It is also a reference for researchers, practising engineers, and scientists working in computational mechanics, bio-mechanics, computational biology, multibody system dynamics, and other fields of science and engineering using the general continuum mechanics theory.

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Book Description

This book presents the nonlinear theory of continuum mechanics and demonstrates its use in developing nonlinear computer formulations for large displacement dynamic analysis. Basic concepts used in continuum mechanics are presented and used to develop nonlinear general finite element formulations that can be effectively used in large displacement analysis.

About the Author

Ahmed Shabana is University Distinguished Professor and the Richard and Loan Hill Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Professor Shabana is author of the books Dynamics of Multibody Systems (3rd edition), Computational Dynamics (3rd edition), Railroad Vehicle Dynamics, Theory of Vibration: An Introduction (2nd edition) and Vibration of Discrete and Continuous Systems (2nd edition). He has served on the editorial board of several journals and he is the Founding Chair of the ASME Technical Committee on Multi-Body Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521174384
• ISBN 13: 9780521174381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348