1. General Introduction and Mathematical Preliminaries -- 2. Elements of Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics -- 3. The Finite Element Method: A Review -- 4. One Dimensional Problems Involving a Single Variable -- 5. Nonlinear Bending of Straight Beams -- 6. Two Dimensional Problems Involving a Single Variable -- 7. Nonlinear Bending of Elastic Plates -- 8. Nonlinear Bending of Elastic Shells -- 9. Finite Element Formulations of Solid Continua -- 10. Weak Form Finite Elemen Models of Flows of Viscous Incompressible Fluids -- 11. Least Squares Finite Element Models of Flows of Viscous Incompressible Fluids -- Appendix 1: Solution Procedures for Linear Equations ; Appendix 2: Solution Procedures for Nonlinea Equations
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Finite element method. Nonlinear mechanics. Finite element method Nonlinear mechanics