Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics

Review of the hardback: 'This book will be especially useful to stress analysts in industry, to research workers in computational plasticity, and to postgraduate students taking courses in engineering mechanics.' Zentralblatt für Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete Mathematics Abstracts

• Preface; Part I. Linear Problems: 1. Introduction; 2. Theory of elasticity; 3. Boundary integral equations for elasticity; 4. Numerical implementation; 5. The elastic program code; 6. Linear applications; Part II. Non-Linear Problems: 7. Rate-independent plasticity theory; 8. Boundary integral equations in elasto-plasticity; 9. Numerical implementation; 10. The elasto-plastic program code; 11. Non-linear applications; 12. Epilogue; Appendices: A. Derivation of the kernel functions; B. Shape functions; C. Degenerate elements; D. Elasto-plastic flow theory; E. Domain integral formulations; F. Solution of non-linear system equations; G. Elements of elasto-plasticity; H. Description of input data.