Augmented Lagrangian and Operator-Splitting Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics.

Abstract

1. Some continuous media and their mathematical modeling 2. Variational formulations of the mechanical problems 3. Augmented Lagrangian methods for the solution of variational problems 4. Viscoplasticity and elastoviscoplasticity in small strains 5. Limit load analysis 6. Two-dimensional flow of incompressible viscoplastic fluids 7. Finite elasticity 8. Large displacement calculations of flexible rods References Index.