This book includes different contributions that cover interdisciplinary research in Applied and Computational Mechanics. "High Performance" adaptive numerical methods using finite elements (FEM) and boundary elements (BEM) are described.

Recent research in Applied and Computational Mechanics Interdisciplinary book on Modelling, Simulation and Software Concepts for Scientific-Technological Problems Written by leading experts in the field

Autorentext

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers studierte Bauingenieur- und Vermessungswesen, promovierte 1980 an der Universität Hannover und habilitierte 1986 im FachMechanik. Er war GastprofessoranderUCBerkeley, USA,Professor fürMechanik an der TH Darmstadt und Direktor des Darmstädter Zentrums für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen. Seit 1998 ist er Professor für Baumechanik und NumerischeMechanik sowieDirektor des Zentrums für Computational Engineering Sciences an der Universität Hannover. Er ist Mitherausgeber von internationalen Journals und Editor-in-Chief der Zeitschrift Computational Mechanics .

Inhalt
Martensitic Phase Transformations of Mono and Polycrystalline ShapeMemory Alloys A Theoretically and Numerically Unified Concept.- Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Coupled Processes in ClayMaterials.- Multibody Contact Algorithms for Fracturing Solids.- New Strategies in Finite Element Analysis of Material Processing.- Computational Techniques for Multiscale Analysis of Materials andInterfaces.- Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Atomic Force Microscopes.- Finite Element and Boundary Element Approaches to Transmission andContact Problems in Elasticity.- Efficient Solvers for Mixed Finite Element Discretization of NonlinearProblems in Solid Mechanics.- Computational Differential Geometry Contributions of the Welfenlabto GRK 615.- Analysis of a Mathematical Model Describing Necrotic Tumor Growth.