Non-Linear Analysis Of Aerospace Structures – Politecnico di Milano

Argomenti del programma: 1. Introduction Nonlinear phenomena in aerospace structures. 2. Fundamentals of nonlinear solid mechanic s Basics of tensor calculus; spatial and material description; generalized work-conjugated stress and strain measures; Principle of Virtual Work and its linearization. 3. Nonlinear finite element formulation Isoparametric approach; incremental-iterative solution procedure; Newton-Raphson and arc-length methods.