A systematic presentation of energy principles and variationalmethods The increasing use of numerical and computational methods inengineering and applied scienc

A practical introduction to the use of the finite-element method and variational methods to solve engineering problems about beams, bars, torsion, and plane ela

Integrated, modern treatment explores applications to dynamics of rigid bodies, analysis of elastic frames, general elastic theory, theory of plates and shells,

The essential aim of this book is to consider a wide set of problems arising in the mathematical modeling of mechanical systems under unilateral constraints. In

This book reflects the strong connection between calculus of variations and the applications for which variational methods form the foundation.