Ebook: Plates and FEM: Surprises and Pitfalls
Author: J. Blaauwendraad (auth.)
- Genre: Technique // Mechanical Engineering
- Tags: Structural Mechanics, Building Construction HVAC Refrigeration, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Engineering general, Computational Intelligence
- Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications 171
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This textbook aims to be the bridge between plate theory and FE-software.
Structural engineers must translate elastic analysis results into economic structure dimensions and reinforcement, which raises difficulties. Not all engineers are well enough equipped for the increasingly easy-to-use powerful programs. The problem is not lack of FE-knowledge, but rather ignorance of plate behaviour. Therefore, this book starts with classical plate theory for membrane and bending states, and proceeds to FE-practice.
This volume can be used for university courses, serving as practical preparation for the engineering profession, and as a guide to structural designers.
This textbook aims to be the bridge between plate theory and FE-software. Structural engineers must translate elastic analysis results into economic structure dimensions and reinforcement, which raises difficulties. Not all engineers are well enough equipped for the increasingly easy-to-use powerful programs. The problem is not lack of FE-knowledge, but rather ignorance of plate behaviour. Therefore, the book starts with classical plate theory for membrane and bending states, and proceeds to FE-practice. The text can be used for university courses, acts as practical preparation for the engineering profession, and as a guide to structural designers.