Good book for experienced researchers on fluid dynamics, 10 May 2000
I bought this book once I saw it on the internet. With the price I paid, I said I am quite dissapointed with the style the book was authored. Very obviously, there is no proper planning of the book or any attempt to try to make it very clear to the readers. I have to suffer just to read it even though the things presented are quite fundamental. The authors also included a large amount of subjective opinions and a lot of remarks that is not necessary. For example, in chapter 3, when they derived the nodal equation, they called it an element equation, which is confusing. Although badly written, this is a collection of experiences of three well-known investigators in this area. To buy, I will say no, unless you are well aquianted with finite element or at least been working in this area for at least 3 yrs.

Good book for experienced researchers on fluid dynamics, 10 May 2000
I bought this book once I saw it on the internet. With the price I paid, I said I am quite dissapointed with the style the book was authored. Very obviously, there is no proper planning of the book or any attempt to try to make it very clear to the readers. I have to suffer just to read it even though the things presented are quite fundamental. The authors also included a large amount of subjective opinions and a lot of remarks that is not necessary. For example, in chapter 3, when they derived the nodal equation, they called it an element equation, which is confusing. Although badly written, this is a collection of experiences of three well-known investigators in this area. To buy, I will say no, unless you are well aquianted with finite element or at least been working in this area for at least 3 yrs.

Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures:, 16 Feb 2005
This is a very helpful book, which gives a thorough introduction to computational non-linear FEA. The introductory chapters (1 and 2) are simply written, and are accessible to entry-level readers familiar with linear analysis.

The book's strength is that it deals comprehensively with the required computational techniques. This is in contrast to many books on non-linear analysis (e.g., Bazant and Cedolin on stability), which deal mainly with classical analysis and do not extend the treatment to FEA methods. Both geometric and material non-linearity are well covered. Solution procedures (arc length plus developments) are dealt with in depth. Throughout, plentiful references are given for further reading. There are frequent worked examples, particularly early in the book, which assist understanding.

I would have liked rather more on non-linear element formulations, especially stiffness matrices for commonly used elements (see, e.g., Przmieniecki's book on linear FEA).

I confess I didn't trouble to follow the example solution routines, not being a FORTRAN user, but doubtless that dwindling band will find them helpful.

All in all, I warmly recommend this book to practicing engineers who either want to write non-linear FEA routines, or who want a better understanding of those in commercial FEA packages.