Lectures on Advanced Computational Methods in Mechanics

This book contains four survey papers related to different topics in computational mechanics, in particular (1) novel discretization and solver techniques in mechanics and (2) inverse, control, and optimization problems in mechanics. These topics were considered in lectures, seminars, tutorials, and workshops at the Special Semester on Computational Mechanics held at the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Linz, Austria, in December 2005.

The series is devoted to the publication of high-level monographs, surveys and proceedings which cover the whole spectrum of computational and applied mathematics.

The books of this series are addressed to both specialists and advanced students.

Interested authors may submit book proposals to the Managing Editor or to any member of the Editorial Board.

Managing Editor
Otmar Scherzer, RICAM, Linz, Austria; University of Vienna, Austria

Editorial Board
Hansjörg Albrecher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Ronald H. W. Hoppe, University of Houston, USA
Karl Kunisch, RICAM, Linz, Austria; University of Graz, Austria
Harald Niederreiter, RICAM, Linz, Austria
Christian Schmeiser, University of Vienna, Austria

Autorentext

Johannes Kraus and Ulrich Langer, Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Linz, Austria.