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Statics and Influence Functions

From a Modern Perspective

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  • Explains how influence functions can be computed with finite elements
  • Shows that finite element programs use influence functions to calculate the results
  • Demonstrates how the error in the influence functions affects finite element results

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics (SSSSM, volume 13)

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About this book

This extended and revised second edition is intended for engineering students and researchers working with finite element methods in structural and mechanical analysis. Discussing numerical structural analysis from first mechanical and mathematical principles, it establishes the central role of influence functions (Green's functions) in finite element analysis, reanalysis, sensitivity analysis, parameter identification and in optimization, with a particular focus on computational aspects and questions of accuracy. It also presents a one-click reanalysis, a new technique that allows instantaneous modifications to a structure to be made by clicking on single elements. Lastly, the book features four programs that can be downloaded for the solution of the Poisson equation, 2-D elasticity, plate-bending problems and planar frames. 




Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Structural Mechanics, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Friedel Hartmann, Peter Jahn

About the authors

Friedel Hartmann was professor for Civil Engineering at the University of Kassel, Germany. He authored the book "Greens' Functions and Finite Elements" and "Structural Analysis with Finite Elements" both published by Springer.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Statics and Influence Functions

  • Book Subtitle: From a Modern Perspective

  • Authors: Friedel Hartmann, Peter Jahn

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Solid and Structural Mechanics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55889-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55888-8Published: 26 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55891-8Published: 27 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55889-5Published: 25 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2195-3511

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-352X

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XV, 464

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 272 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Solid Mechanics, Building Construction and Design, Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

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