This text deals with the computational analysis of thin-walled structures, such as tanks, aircraft, ships, and domes, showing how to use computational matrix methods to tackle some of the fundamental of structural mechanics, and emphasizing nonlinear phenomena. By describing the methods on which commercial software packages are based, the discussion allows an engineer to evaluate the results these computations produce.

Autorentext

James F. Doyle is a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He received a Dip. Eng, from DIT, Ireland; M.Sc. from University of Saskatchewan., Canada; and PhD, from University of Illinois, USA. His main areas of research is experimental and computational mechanics, Wave propagation, and nonlinear structural dynamics; special emphasis is placed on solving inverse problems. He has published a number of book on these topics. Professor Doyle is a dedicated teacher and pedagogical innovator. He is a recipient of the Frocht Award for Teaching and the Hetenyi Award for Research, both from the Society for Experimental Mechanics. He is a Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics.

Inhalt
1 Mechanics of Solids.- 2 Thin Plates and Shells.- 3 Nonlinear Static Analysis.- 4 Vibrations of Structures.- 5 Nonlinear Dynamics.- 6 Stability of Structures.- 7 Dynamic Stability.- Afterword.- References.