Description
Book SynopsisThis book is an entertaining, easy to read introduction to advanced numerical modeling. The aim of the book is to lead the reader on a journey towards the âholy grailâ of numerical simulation, namely one without the requirement of mesh generation, that takes data directly from CAD programs. On this journey readers will discover the beauty of Non-uniform Rational B-Splines or NURBS and see how well they are suited for describing geometry, discover how CAD programs work and how their data can be used for simulation. The implementation of NURBS-based simulation is discussed using Finite Element and Boundary Element technology. This is a hands-on book with emphasis on implementation and examples of programming in a higher level language are given. It has been written for users of simulation software, so they can understand the benefits of this new technology and demand progress from a somewhat conservative industry, for software developers, so they can see that this is a technology with a
Trade ReviewThe book […] comes with a developing toolkit that allows the reader to gain some hands-on experience and to get familiar with the new concepts [….] This book is pioneer on the integration of CAD and Boundary Element Analysis.
Prof. Dr. Adrián P. Cisilino, UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Stage 1: Basis functions 3. Stage 2: Geometry 4. Stage 3: Computer Aided Design 5. Stage 4: Introduction to numerical simulation 6. Stage 5: Plates and shells 7. Stage 6: Integral equations 8. Stage 7: The boundary element method for plane problems 9. Stage 8: The boundary element method for three-dimensional problems 10. Stage 9: The boundary element method with volume effects 11. Stage 10: The time domain Appendix: Fundamental solutions
