Local Effects in the Analysis of Structures

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The question of inclusion of local effects in the analysis of structures is currently one of prime importance for engineering design. The classical computational approaches are not readily adapted to take local effects into account and appropriate treatments are therefore necessary. Providing an introduction to and survey of the specific computational methods, this book contains 16 papers, most of which were presented at the EUROMECH Colloquium `Inclusion of Local Effects in the Analysis of Structures', held in France in 1984. The book begins with the various theories which allow the separation and determination of local and global effects. The next group of papers discuss edge effects for composite structures. The third part comprises two papers concerning dynamic problems and points the way towards non-conventional local effects in structural mechanics. The last part deals with general numerical methods, especially for effects due to large local variations of geometry. Content: Studies in Applied MechanicsPage II Front MatterPage III Copyright pagePage IV ForewordPages V-VIP. LADEVEZE, R. OHAYON, M. PREDELEANU, E. SANCHEZ-PALENCIA, N.Q. SON On Saint-Venant's Principle in ElasticityPages 3-34P. LADEVEZE Edge Effects in the Stretching of plates*Pages 35-54R.D. GREGORY, F.Y.M. WAN Stress Concentration for Defects Distributed Near a SurfacePages 55-74N. NGUETSENG, E. SANCHEZ-PALENCIA On the Influence of Free Edges in Plates and ShellsPages 75-99A.M.A. VAN DER HEIJDEN On a Method to Evaluate Edge Effects in Elastic PlatesPages 101-126F. PECASTAINGS Energy Structure of LocalizationPages 127-158V. BERDICHEVSKII, L. TRUSKINOVSKII Edge Effects in Rotationally Symmetric Composite ShellsPages 161-180MAHIR SAYIR Some Theoretical Aspects in the Modelling of Delamination for Multilayered PlatesPages 181-197J.L. DAVET, Ph. DESTUYNDER, Th. NEVERS Local Effects Calculations in Composite Plates by a Boundary Layer MethodPages 199-214D. ENGRAND Boundary Layers Stresses in Elastic CompositesPages 215-232Hélène DUMONTET High Stress Intensities in Focussing Zones of WavesPages 235-252J. BALLMANN, H.J. RAATSCHEN, M. STAAT The Local Effects in the Linear Dynamic Analysis of Structures in the Medium Frequency RangePages 253-275C.H. SOIZE Implementation of Local Effects into Conventional and Non Conventional Finite Element FormulationsPages 279-298J. JIROUSEK Special Finite Elements for an Appropriate Treatment of Local EffectsPages 299-314R. Piltner On the Consideration of Local Effects in the Finite Element Analysis of Large StructuresPages 315-324W. DIRSCHMID Local Effects of Geometry Variation in the Analysis of StructuresPages 325-342E. SCHNACK