Plates and FEM Surprises and Pitfalls /

• Main Author: Blaauwendraad, J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 171
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computational intelligence.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Structural Mechanics.; Building Construction.; Mechanical Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Engineering, general.; Computational Intelligence.
• Physical Description: XXVI, 414 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789048135967
• ISSN: 0925-0042 ;

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.