Computational Statics Revision Course

Presents fully solved examples to guide students through fundamental standard problems

Focusses only on the essential final results and skips all classical derivations

Compiles 10 recommended steps for a linear finite element solution procedure

Autorentext

Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director). Having obtained a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003 while working to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (20072013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab.

Zia Javanbakht is a PhD candidate at Griffith University and specialized in the ar ea of computational mechanics. He obtained a BSc degree in Civil Engineering at Tarbiz University (2007) followed by a MSc degree in Structural Engineering from the same university (2010).

Inhalt
Review of Engineering Mathematics.- Rods and Trusses.- Euler-Bernoulli Beams and Frames.- Timoshenko Beams.- Symmetry.