Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures
Subtitle: Statics, Dynamics, and Stability
By: by James F. Doyle
Series: Mechanical Engineering Series; Mechanical Engineering Series
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9781441929105; 9781475735468
Subjects: Engineering; Engineering design; Applied Mechanics
Description: This book deals with the computational analysis of thin-walled structures such as aircraft, ships, and containment vessels. Building on the author's earlier book Static and Dynamic Analysis of Structures, it shows how to use computational methods to tackle some of the fundamental problems of structural mechanics, with particular emphasis on nonlinear phenomena. Where the earlier book dealt with linear systems, the central theme running through this volume is the notion that unstable equilibria are associated with motions and large displacements and therefore require a full nonlinear analysis. The discussion begins with an overview of the basic mechanics of deformable bodies, including variational formulations, and then considers the large deflection behavior of shell and frame structures using a finite-element analysis. The second part of the book begins with a summary of linear vibrations of structures, including an introduction to modal analysis; it continues with computational formulations of nonlinear dynamic analyses of structures and refines the concept of dynamic equilibrium in the context of large deflections. The book concludes with a discussion of stability, including the difficult problem of stability of motions in the large. By describing the methods on which commercial software pakckages are based, this book allows an engineer to evaluate the results these computations produce. It therefore should be useful to practicing engineers and graduate students.
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Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Mechanics of Solids; title: Chapter 2: Thin Plates and Shells; title: Chapter 3: Nonlinear Static Analysis; title: Chapter 4: Vibrations of Structures; title: Chapter 5: Nonlinear Dynamics; title: Chapter 6: Stability of Structures; title: Chapter 7: Dynamic Stability.