Plates and FEM: Surprises and Pitfalls - Couverture souple

Blaauwendraad, Johan

 
9789400731899: Plates and FEM: Surprises and Pitfalls

Synopsis

The Finite Element Method, shortly FEM, is a widely used computational tool in structural engineering. For basic design purposes it usually suf ces to apply a linear-elastic analysis. Only for special structures and for forensic investigations the analyst need to apply more advanced features like plasticity and cracking to account for material nonlinearities, or nonlinear relations between strains and displacements for geometrical nonlinearity to account for buckling. Advanced analysis techniques may also be necessary if we have to judge the remaining structural capacity of aging structures. In this book we will abstain from such special cases and focus on everyday jobs. Our goal is the worldwide everyday use of linear-elastic analysis, and dimensioning on basis of these elastic computations. We cover steel and concrete structures, though attention to structural concrete prevails. Structural engineers have access to powerful FEM packages and apply them intensively. Experience makes clear that often they do not understand the software that they are using. This book aims to be a bridge between the software world and structural engineering. Many problems are related to the correct input data and the proper interpretation and handling of output. The book is neither a text on the Finite Element Method, nor a user manual for the software packages. Rather it aims to be a guide to understanding and handling the results gained by such software. We purposely restrict ourselves to structure types which frequently occur in practise.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Elastic plate analysis results must be translated to economic cross-section dimensions and reinforcement ratios, and that process raises difficulties. This book acts as a bridge between commercially available FEM packages and consulting structural engineers.

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9789048135950: Plates and FEM: Surprises and Pitfalls

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  9048135958 ISBN 13 :  9789048135950
Editeur : Springer, 2010
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