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Develops new methods to analyse structures using advanced materials by comprehensively analysing existing theories to identify their underlying mathematical foundation. Using a direct approach, Mechan
This book fills a gap in coverage of a method developed by Shen and Zang, in 1988, for predicting response to thermal and mechanical loads in structural analysis. Seven chapters present material and s
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The two volumes of this work cover most of the theoretical and computational aspects of the linear static analysis of structures with the Finite Element Method (FEM).The content of the book is ba
We experience elasticity everywhere in daily life: in the straightening or curling of hairs, the irreversible deformations of car bodies after a crash, or the bouncing of elastic balls in table tennis
