NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSYS

THOMAS J.R. HUGHES
Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair III
The University of Texas at Austin
Previously taught at the U.C. Berkeley, Caltech and Stanford University. He is the author of over 300 works with emphasis on finite element methods. Author or editor of eighteen books, including The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis and Computational Inelasticity .

TED BELYTSCHKO

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computational Mechanics, Northwestern University
He is the author of over 300 works with emphasis on explicit finite element methods. Editor of seven books, including: He is author of the recent book Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and Structures.

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