Young W. Kwon is a distinguished professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He was also professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and an assistant professor at the University of Missouri–Rolla. Dr. Kwon received his PhD degree from Rice University and a BS degree from Seoul National University. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications, contributed book chapters to Structural, Functional and Smart Materials (CRC Press), among others, and wrote the textbook Finite Element Method Using MATLAB (CRC Press).

"With numerous illustrative and clear figures, general guidelines for how to apply the introduced techniques, and multiple detailed examples, this book provides valuable information to anyone interested in multiphysics and multiscale problems. … I highly value the wide range of topics included; from classical mechanics problems with fracture growth to biomechanical topics."—Veronica Eliasson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA"… remarkably readable, concise, and comprehensive… provides a strong conceptual understanding of the numerical analysis methods, and addresses the pioneering numerical techniques for analyzing the multiscale and multiphysics problems."—Jong Chull Jo, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

• Introduction. Finite Element Method. Lattice Boltzmann Method. Cellular Automata. Molecular Dynamics. Coupling Techniques. Multiscale Analysis of Composite Structures. Multiscale Analysis of Metallic Materials. Multiscale Analysis of Biomaterials. Multiphysics Analysis of Composite Structures. Multiscale Analysis of Electromechanical System. Multiphysics Analysis of Biomechanics. References.

Young W. Kwon is a distinguished professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He was also professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and an assistant professor at the University of Missouri–Rolla. Dr. Kwon received his PhD degree from Rice University and a BS degree from Seoul National University. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications, contributed book chapters to Structural, Functional and Smart Materials (CRC Press), among others, and wrote the textbook Finite Element Method Using MATLAB (CRC Press).

"With numerous illustrative and clear figures, general guidelines for how to apply the introduced techniques, and multiple detailed examples, this book provides valuable information to anyone interested in multiphysics and multiscale problems. … I highly value the wide range of topics included; from classical mechanics problems with fracture growth to biomechanical topics."—Veronica Eliasson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA"… remarkably readable, concise, and comprehensive… provides a strong conceptual understanding of the numerical analysis methods, and addresses the pioneering numerical techniques for analyzing the multiscale and multiphysics problems."—Jong Chull Jo, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

• Introduction. Finite Element Method. Lattice Boltzmann Method. Cellular Automata. Molecular Dynamics. Coupling Techniques. Multiscale Analysis of Composite Structures. Multiscale Analysis of Metallic Materials. Multiscale Analysis of Biomaterials. Multiphysics Analysis of Composite Structures. Multiscale Analysis of Electromechanical System. Multiphysics Analysis of Biomechanics. References.

Young W. Kwon is a distinguished professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He was also professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and an assistant professor at the University of Missouri–Rolla. Dr. Kwon received his PhD degree from Rice University and a BS degree from Seoul National University. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications, contributed book chapters to Structural, Functional and Smart Materials (CRC Press), among others, and wrote the textbook Finite Element Method Using MATLAB (CRC Press).

"With numerous illustrative and clear figures, general guidelines for how to apply the introduced techniques, and multiple detailed examples, this book provides valuable information to anyone interested in multiphysics and multiscale problems. … I highly value the wide range of topics included; from classical mechanics problems with fracture growth to biomechanical topics."—Veronica Eliasson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA"… remarkably readable, concise, and comprehensive… provides a strong conceptual understanding of the numerical analysis methods, and addresses the pioneering numerical techniques for analyzing the multiscale and multiphysics problems."—Jong Chull Jo, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

• Introduction. Finite Element Method. Lattice Boltzmann Method. Cellular Automata. Molecular Dynamics. Coupling Techniques. Multiscale Analysis of Composite Structures. Multiscale Analysis of Metallic Materials. Multiscale Analysis of Biomaterials. Multiphysics Analysis of Composite Structures. Multiscale Analysis of Electromechanical System. Multiphysics Analysis of Biomechanics. References.