Preface |
General problems in solid mechanics and non-linearity / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Small deformation solid mechanics problems / 1.2: |
Variational forms for non-linear elasticity / 1.3: |
Weak forms of governing equations / 1.4: |
Concluding remarks / 1.5: |
References |
Galerkin method of approximation - irreducible and mixed forms / 2: |
Finite element approximation - Galerkin method / 2.1: |
Numerical integration - quadrature / 2.3: |
Non-linear transient and steady-state problems / 2.4: |
Boundary conditions: non-linear problems / 2.5: |
Mixed or irreducible forms / 2.6: |
Non-linear quasi-harmonic field problems / 2.7: |
Typical examples of transient non-linear calculations / 2.8: |
Solution of non-linear algebraic equations / 2.9: |
Iterative techniques / 3.1: |
General remarks - incremental and rate methods / 3.3: |
Inelastic and non-linear materials / 4: |
Viscoelasticity - history dependence of deformation / 4.1: |
Classical time-independent plasticity theory / 4.3: |
Computation of stress increments / 4.4: |
Isotropic plasticity models / 4.5: |
Generalized plasticity / 4.6: |
Some examples of plastic computation / 4.7: |
Basic formulation of creep problems / 4.8: |
Viscoplasticity - a generalization / 4.9: |
Some special problems of brittle materials / 4.10: |
Non-uniqueness and localization in elasto-plastic deformations / 4.11: |
Geometrically non-linear problems - finite deformation / 4.12: |
Governing equations / 5.1: |
Variational description for finite deformation / 5.3: |
Two-dimensional forms / 5.4: |
A three-field, mixed finite deformation formulation / 5.5: |
A mixed-enhanced finite deformation formulation / 5.6: |
Forces dependent on deformation - pressure loads / 5.7: |
Material constitution for finite deformation / 5.8: |
Isotropic elasticity / 6.1: |
Isotropic viscoelasticity / 6.3: |
Plasticity models / 6.4: |
Incremental formulations / 6.5: |
Rate constitutive models / 6.6: |
Numerical examples / 6.7: |
Treatment of constraints - contact and tied interfaces / 6.8: |
Node-node contact: Hertzian contact / 7.1: |
Tied interfaces / 7.3: |
Node-surface contact / 7.4: |
Surface-surface contact / 7.5: |
Pseudo-rigid and rigid-flexible bodies / 7.6: |
Pseudo-rigid motions / 8.1: |
Rigid motions / 8.3: |
Connecting a rigid body to a flexible body / 8.4: |
Multibody coupling by joints / 8.5: |
Discrete element methods / 8.6: |
Early DEM formulations / 9.1: |
Contact detection / 9.3: |
Contact constraints and boundary conditions / 9.4: |
Block deformability / 9.5: |
Time integration for discrete element methods / 9.6: |
Associated discontinuous modelling methodologies / 9.7: |
Unifying aspects of discrete element methods / 9.8: |
Structural mechanics problems in one dimension - rods / 9.9: |
Weak (Galerkin) forms for rods / 10.1: |
Finite element solution: Euler-Bernoulli rods / 10.4: |
Finite element solution: Timoshenko rods / 10.5: |
Forms without rotation parameters / 10.6: |
Moment resisting frames / 10.7: |
Plate bending approximation: thin (Kirchhoff) plates and C[subscript 1] continuity requirements / 10.8: |
The plate problem: thick and thin formulations / 11.1: |
Rectangular element with corner nodes (12 degrees of freedom) / 11.3: |
Quadrilateral and parallelogram elements / 11.4: |
Triangular element with corner nodes (9 degrees of freedom) / 11.5: |
Triangular element of the simplest form (6 degrees of freedom) / 11.6: |
The patch test - an analytical requirement / 11.7: |
General remarks / 11.8: |
Singular shape functions for the simple triangular element / 11.10: |
An 18 degree-of-freedom triangular element with conforming shape functions / 11.11: |
Compatible quadrilateral elements / 11.12: |
Quasi-conforming elements / 11.13: |
Hermitian rectangle shape function / 11.14: |
The 21 and 18 degree-of-freedom triangle / 11.15: |
Mixed formulations - general remarks / 11.16: |
Hybrid plate elements / 11.17: |
Discrete Kirchhoff constraints / 11.18: |
Rotation-free elements / 11.19: |
Inelastic material behaviour / 11.20: |
Concluding remarks - which elements? / 11.21: |
'Thick' Reissner-Mindlin plates - irreducible and mixed formulations / 12: |
The irreducible formulation - reduced integration / 12.1: |
Mixed formulation for thick plates / 12.3: |
The patch test for plate bending elements / 12.4: |
Elements with discrete collocation constraints / 12.5: |
Elements with rotational bubble or enhanced modes / 12.6: |
Linked interpolation - an improvement of accuracy / 12.7: |
Discrete 'exact' thin plate limit / 12.8: |
Performance of various 'thick' plate elements - limitations of thin plate theory / 12.9: |
Concluding remarks - adaptive refinement / 12.10: |
Shells as an assembly of flat elements / 13: |
Stiffness of a plane element in local coordinates / 13.1: |
Transformation to global coordinates and assembly of elements / 13.3: |
Local direction cosines / 13.4: |
'Drilling' rotational stiffness - 6 degree-of-freedom assembly / 13.5: |
Elements with mid-side slope connections only / 13.6: |
Choice of element / 13.7: |
Practical examples / 13.8: |
Curved rods and axisymmetric shells / 14: |
Straight element / 14.1: |
Curved elements / 14.3: |
Independent slope-displacement interpolation with penalty functions (thick or thin shell formulations) / 14.4: |
Shells as a special case of three-dimensional analysis - Reissner-Mindlin assumptions / 15: |
Shell element with displacement and rotation parameters / 15.1: |
Special case of axisymmetric, curved, thick shells / 15.3: |
Special case of thick plates / 15.4: |
Convergence / 15.5: |
Inelastic behaviour / 15.6: |
Some shell examples / 15.7: |
Semi-analytical finite element processes - use of orthogonal functions and 'finite strip' methods / 15.8: |
Prismatic bar / 16.1: |
Thin membrane box structures / 16.3: |
Plates and boxes with flexure / 16.4: |
Axisymmetric solids with non-symmetrical load / 16.5: |
Axisymmetric shells with non-symmetrical load / 16.6: |
Non-linear structural problems - large displacement and instability / 16.7: |
Large displacement theory of beams / 17.1: |
Elastic stability - energy interpretation / 17.3: |
Large displacement theory of thick plates / 17.4: |
Large displacement theory of thin plates / 17.5: |
Solution of large deflection problems / 17.6: |
Shells / 17.7: |
Multiscale modelling / 17.8: |
Asymptotic analysis / 18.1: |
Statement of the problem and assumptions / 18.3: |
Formalism of the homogenization procedure / 18.4: |
Global solution / 18.5: |
Local approximation of the stress vector / 18.6: |
Finite element analysis applied to the local problem / 18.7: |
The non-linear case and bridging over several scales / 18.8: |
Asymptotic homogenization at three levels: micro, meso and macro / 18.9: |
Recovery of the micro description of the variables of the problem / 18.10: |
Material characteristics and homogenization results / 18.11: |
Multilevel procedures which use homogenization as an ingredient / 18.12: |
General first-order and second-order procedures / 18.13: |
Discrete-to-continuum linkage / 18.14: |
Local analysis of a unit cell / 18.15: |
Homogenization procedure - definition of successive yield surfaces / 18.16: |
Numerically developed global self-consistent elastic-plastic constitutive law / 18.17: |
Global solution and stress-recovery procedure / 18.18: |
Computer procedures for finite element analysis / 18.19: |
Solution of non-linear problems / 19.1: |
Eigensolutions / 19.3: |
Restart option / 19.4: |
Isoparametric finite element approximations / 19.5: |
Invariants of second-order tensors / Appendix B: |
Author index |
Subject index |
Preface |
General problems in solid mechanics and non-linearity / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |