Advanced Structural Analysis/Part I - Theory/Modeling

1. Introduction
2. Classical Methods
3. FEM Fundamentals
4. Linear Static Analysis
5. Linear Static Bifurcation Analysis
6. Geometrically Nonlinear Elastic Static Analysis
7. Materially Nonlinear Static Analysis
8. Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Static Analysis
9. Geometrically Nonlinear Elastic Static Analysis with Imperfections Included
10. Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Static Analysis with imperfections Included
11. General Dynamic Analysis
12. Thermal Analysis

Introduction

This section illustrates how to investigate Failure Modes in a general context.

It is assumed here, that the reader have access to CAE Linux and other open source tools available to Linux users.