Computational engineering

Peter Debney is a Chartered Structural Engineer with Arup, an application specialist at Oasys, a visiting professor at the University of Bradford, UK, and a Fellow of the IStructE. He has 30+ years of experience in structural engineering programs - using it to build and support tools that help engineers to analyse and design structures across the globe. Peter's enthusiasm for the use of FEA and digital modelling has enabled him to tackle some of the most complex geometric and dynamic problems encountered at Arup.

"I've been really impressed with Peter's publication - clear, detailed descriptions of the underlying theory are balanced with practical advice and anecdotes, making it thoroughly useful for the practising engineer. I expect this will be become a first point of reference for our new graduates, and for experienced engineers dealing with more complex modelling approaches."Andrew Blackie, Price & Myers"This is the best structural engineering book I've read, irrespective of computation."Stephen Melville, Format Engineers"Right from the first read, I could tell I'd be returning to this book on many occasions. This book is a must have for anyone."Dan-Adrian Corfar, Doctoral Researcher

• ForewordsAuthor biographyAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionDesignDesign parametricallyAnalysis basicsModelling structuresAnalysis methodsResolving problems in FEA modelsOptimisationOptimisation methodsArtificial Intelligence and Machine LearningEngineering the futureAuthor's noteAppendix A: Section propertiesAppendix B: Strain EnergyAppendix C: Finite Element Analysis (FEA)Appendix D: BucklingAppendix E: DynamicsAppendix F: Linear structuresAppendix G: Cable structuresAppendix H: Arches and domesAppendix I: Brohn diagramsAppendix J: Braess' ParadoxAppendix K: Quantum computingReferences