NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONAL SOLID & FLUID MECHANICS: Theoretical formulation, FEM technology and computations taught by Prof. Robert L. Taylor, University of California at Berkeley, USA Prof. Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Ecole Normale Superieure, Cachan, France Prof. Hermann G. Matthies, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany organised by the DFG Graduate College Interaction of Fluids and Structures and the Institute of Scientific Computing TU Braunschweig Dates: Monday, 24 April 2006 – Friday, 28 April 2006 Place: Technische Universität Braunschweig Contact person: Ms S. Fischer Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen TU-Braunschweig, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 531/391-3000 Fax: +49 (0) 531/391-3003 Web-site: http://www.wire.tu-bs.de/nocosoflume E-Mail: nocosoflume@tu-bs.de Course Objectives The main objective of this course is to provide engineers who use computer codes, graduate students, and researchers with an extensive review of FE based numerical models and solution algorithms for nonlinear mechanics. It presents the current state-of-the-art in finite element modeling of nonlinear problems in solid and structural mechanics, and their coupling with thermal fields and fluids. It will illustrate the difficulties (and their solutions), which appear in a number of applications from mechanical, aerospace, or civil engineering and material science. All the sources of nonlinear behavior are presented in a systematic manner, related to ...