[NotiAMCA] NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS SHORT COURSE, by T.J.R.Hughes & T.Belytschko

[Victorio Sonzogni]

NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS Short Course
Austin,Texas  17-21.8.2009                http://feshortcourse.com
<http://feshortcourse.com/>  
by T.J.R.Hughes & T.Belytschko

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this course is to provide engineers, scientists, and
researchers with a critical survey of the state-of-the-art of finite element
methods in solids, structures, and fluids, with an emphasis on methodologies
and applications for nonlinear problems
WHO ATTENDS 
This seminar is designed for engineers in industry, government, and academia
who wish to obtain an overview and understanding of nonlinear finite element
methods. 
REPRESENTATIVE TOPICS
Isogeometric methods
XFEM and level sets for fracture  
Nonlinear constitutive equations
Time integration
Element Technology                           
Finite elements in fluids
Meshfree methods
Multiscale analysis
Plates and shells
Fluid-structure interaction
Contact-impact
Adaptivity                                

For additional informations:
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http://www.hughes-belytschko.info <http://www.hughes-belytschko.info/> 

LECTURERS:
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, he is author of the recent book Nonlinear
Finite Elements for Continua and Structures.