Written by authors who are well-known in the field of engineering, Int roductory Finite Element Method, an expanded version of the Elementary Finite Element Method published in 1979, represents the first work to deal with both structural analysis and flow problems at an elementary level. It not only appeals to undergraduate and beginning graduate en gineering students, but to those outside the field and practitioners a s well. Using this text, students will be able to form the functional and construct the element and global equations for a wide range of fie ld problems. It can easily be used...

The solution of stress analysis problems through numerical, computer oriented techniques is becoming more and more popular in soil and rock engineering. This is due to the ability of these methods to handle geometrically complex problems even in the presence of highly nonlinear material behaviour, characterizing the majority of soils and rocks, and of media consisting of two or more phases, like saturated and partially saturated soils. Aim of this book is to present to researchers and engineers working in the various branches of geomechanics an updated state of the research on the development...

Soil-structure interaction is an area of major importance in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics Advanced Geotechnical Engineering: Soil-Structure Interaction using Computer and Material Models covers computer and analytical methods for a number of geotechnical problems. It introduces the main factors important to the application of computer methods and constitutive models with emphasis on the behavior of soils, rocks, interfaces, and joints, vital for reliable and accurate solutions.

This book presents finite element (FE), finite difference (FD), and...