About this ebook
Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Second Edition is designed for graduate students studying mechanical, civil, aerospace, biomedical, and industrial engineering. Researchers and practicing engineers in these disciplines will find it to be an invaluable professional reference.
About the author
Dr. Nam-Ho Kim is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. He graduated with a Ph.D. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa in 1999 and worked at the Center for Computer-Aided Design as a postdoctoral associate until 2001. Dr. Kim is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Mechanical Design and Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. He has published nine books and over two hundred refereed journal and conference papers. His research interests include design under uncertainty, prognostics and health management, verification validation and uncertainty quantification, and nonlinear structural mechanics.
