Numerical Structural Analysis: Methods, Models and Pitfalls

Object of Analysis and Problem of Modelling.- Building a Design Model.- Basic Relationships for Discrete Systems.- Finite Element Models.- Mistakes and Pitfalls, Special Techniques to Build Finite Element Models.- Estimating and Interpreting Results.- Uncertainty of Parameters.- A Review of some Problem Classes.- Buckling Problems and Related Issues.- Problems of Dynamics.- A Word Instead of a Conclusion.