BOOK REVIEWS

effective property of composites by controlling the shapes, size dis- 6 The use of penalty function method for assumed stress finite-
tributions, and maybe the positioning of inclusions. element formulation.
Chapter five treats the important topic of the mechanics of lami- 7 The formulation of incompressible material using low-order
nates. The two main topics are a classical theory of laminated plates; displacement elements.
i.e., a thin-plate theory, based on a Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis, in 8 The optimization of incremental finite-element solutions by
which extension and flexure are coupled as a consequence of the monitoring the change in incremental stiffness.
layering; and a higher-order theory in which some restrained warping 9 A unified presentation of total and updated Lagrangian de-
of a cross-sectional plane is allowed. The derivation of the higher- scriptions in nonlinear structural analysis.
order theory appears to parallel derivations of dynamical thick-plate 10 Finite-element solutions for deformations of creeping struc-
theories, by Mindlin and his students. This reviewer has a bit of a tures under cyclic loading.
difficulty with this approach in the present application since the wish
is to predict the stress variation across the plate thickness, a variation Finally, under the category of numerical analysis one paper is a
that is severely restrained by the assumed form for the warping. discussion of some difficulties related to generalized splines and the
Chapter six considers a collection of topics involving analysis, other, an application of Lanczos algorithm for large eigenvalue
strength, and design; Chapter seven introduces some topics in wave problems.
propagation; Chapter eight some inelastic and nonlinear effects; and It is seen that not all the 19 papers in this volume have stuck to the

Downloaded from [Link] by guest on 02 March 2023

Chapter nine returns to predicting effective properties, this time subject indicated by the title of the book. Some of the papers are ex-
thermal properties. This reviewer is less familiar with the subject tensions of the individual authors' previously published works. The
matter of Chapters six and eight and cannot review these chapters book should attract readers who are doing research in different aspects
critically. They are clearly written and would appear to be state of the of finite-element methods.
art. The chapter on wave propagation was introduced for complete- The volume includes a list of main publications of Professor Fraeijs
ness. It provides a broad overview treating the effects of a layering on de Veubeke, but it does not point out specifically the extent and im-
both CW and pulse propagation. Interest in such studies clearly pact of his contributions to the development of finite-element
pertain to propagation in laminates. Effects of the microstructure, methods in structural mechanics. Also there is an apparent absence
on which inclusions can be observed, are largely ignored; although a of a paper that discusses or extends Fraeijs de Veubeke's unfinished
source of attenuation due to a random positioning of inclusions is work on a new variational principle for finite displacements.
demonstrated. The chapter treating effective thermal properties
mirrors those treating effective mechanical properties.

Formulas for Natural Frequency and Mode Shape. By Robert

D. Blevins. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1979. Pages 512,107 Illus-
trations; 67/s X 10. Price $29.95.
Energy Methods in Finite-Element Analysis. Edited by R.
Glowinski, E. Y. Rodin, and 0. C. Zienkiewcz. John Wiley & Sons, REVIEWED BY R. PLUNKETT 7
1979. Pages xviii-361. Price $43.95. Blevins is once more generously sharing the contents of his exten-
sive library with his colleagues. The author of the widely used and
REVIEWED BY T. H. H. PIAN 6
cited "Flow Induced Vibration" has compiled an extensive and useful
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Prof. B. Fraeijs de set of formulas and tables which cover the title topics. He also includes
Veubeke, who was well recognized in his contributions to the theory solid-fluid interaction and sloshing. The book is addressed to the
of energy (variational) methods in finite-element analysis. The papers person with a firm grasp of dynamics and deformable body mechanics
in this volume may be divided into three categories: and is not intended as a quick answer handbook. Each chapter starts
1 Mathematical theories of variational principles. with a very brief, clearly written introduction which serves primarily
2 Mechanics aspect of finite-element methods. to define the conventions used and list the assumptions and limita-
3 Problems in numerical analysis. tions. The author then gives extensive tables of mode shapes and
The first group includes a presentation of the modern theory of frequencies for specific cases with the presentation similar to that in
variational boundary-value problems and their applications to elas- Roark's tables. He includes some worked out examples using numbers
tostatics, a derivation of the classical plate theory from the standard of practical interest to illustrate the effect of various assumptions.
three-dimensional elasticity theory, a new mixed finite-element for- Each chapter ends with an up-to-date bibliography which includes
mulation for the solution of Stokes problem and a theoretical analysis both general references and applications papers; these lists are meant
of the duality between the static and kinematic theories of limit to be informative rather than exhaustive. The author anticipates that
analysis in perfect plasticity. Three other papers are devoted to the the user will have access to a computer; as a result, he only gives rep-
mathematical analysis of the so-called "nonstandard" or "noncon- resentative tables for specific cases and formulas for calculator use
ventional" finite elements in solid mechanics, i.e., the equilibrium for the rest. The one case covered exhaustively is that of the uniform
mixed and hybrid models. beam where he gives the Felgar and Young beam tables with coeffi-
Papers under the second category include the following topics: cients for the transcendental equations and graphs of mode shapes.
1 A derivation of sufficient conditions for convergence of non- He also includes 30 pages of Felgar's integral relationships among the
compatible elements for bending. beam modes and their derivatives which are extremely useful for
2 A review of finite-element methods in structural dynamics. modal expansion. The important chapter headings are: 6. Spring
3 The coupling of standard finite-element method and boundary and Pendulum Systems (lumped masses), 19 references, mainly text
integral method. books; 7. Cables and Cable Trusses, 8 references; 8. Straight
4 The derivation of a linear-stress equilibrium element for plate beams (discussed previously), 41 references; 9. Curved beams and
stretching that can avoid spurious kinematic modes. frames, 17 references; 10. Membranes, 8 references; 11. Plates,
5 The use of a mutually supplementing displacement and equi- 89 references; 12. Shells, 55 references; 13. Fluid Systems, 29 ref-
librium fields and a hybrid approach for finite-element stiffness erences; 14. Structural Vibrations in a Fluid, 61 references. There
formulation for thin shells. is an eight page chapter on finite-element methods, expository rather

6 7
Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Professor, Department of Aero Engineering and Mechanics, 107 Aero En-
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. gineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455.

Journal of Applied Mechanics JUNE 1980, VOL. 47 / 461

Copyright © 1980 by ASME
BOOK REVIEWS / ERRATUM
than tutorial, in which there is a useful short comparison among the equations, the shallow-shell equations, and the more recent theory
five major programs for dynamic analysis available to the public. The of shells of "slowly varying curvature" developed by the author
book ends with a compilation of those properties of structural mate- himself, are all included. The chapter on the fundamental equations
rials, liquids, and gases necessary for vibration calculations. No at- of plate theory is brief because a plate is merely a flat shell.
tempt has been made to discuss or tabulate damping properties. The The greatest part of the book is devoted to solutions of almost every
book is well written, comprehensive, and useful. Any engineer who conceivable problem of concentrated (or localized) loads applied to
is concerned with vibration analysis will find it imperative to have this plates and shells with extensive references to the literature. A "load"
volume on his own desk to use in the same way he uses Harris and means a force or couple applied either normally or tangentially to the
Crede, or Roark. plate or shell surface. The load may be applied at an interior point,
at an edge, or to a stiffening element (load-diffusion problems). In-
finite regions, semi-infinite regions, circular, rectangular, or wedge-
shaped regions are considered where appropriate and where results
are available. Nonlinear solutions, solutions to buckling problems
involving concentrated loads, and optimal design problems are among
the many special results obtained in the book. Some interesting results
of the author's own research on shells of slowly varying curvature, not
Local Loads in Plates and Shells. By Stanislaw Lukasiewicz.

Downloaded from [Link] by guest on 02 March 2023

elsewhere available, are also to be found here.
Sijthoff and Noordhoff, The Netherlands. 1979. 14 Chapters.
Pages 569. 452 References. The author's stated aim is to make the subject matter available to
design engineers and students as well as to research workers. In order
REVIEWED BY J. LYELL SANDERS, JR. 8 to achieve this aim some compromise in the mathematical treatment
The first hundred pages are devoted to fundamental theoretical was necessary. Whenever possible solutions are obtained by means
developments. These include a brief introduction to general tensor of Fourier series or integrals even though a more elegant method (the
calculus, the theory of surfaces, and a rather complete exposition of complex variable method for plane stress problems, for example) may
the theory of thin shells. The material on shells includes the classical be available. In some cases the author has reworked known solutions
Love-Kirchhoff (or first-approximation) theory, the theory with to fit this scheme. In remarkably few cases the author is forced to
transverse shear and normal stress effects, and sandwich shell theory. present results only and refer to the literature for the method of so-
The equations according to certain approximate nonlinear theories lution.
are considered. Both linear and nonlinear versions of various sim- The reviewer noticed a few references to erroneous results and lack
plified systems of equations such as the Donnell-Mushtari-Vlasov of reference to a few worthy papers. Occasionally the author makes
statements quite open to argument but minor flaws in a work of this
magnitude and value can easily be excused. The writing is lucid, the
English is only slightly broken, and the book is worth the (not in-
8
Professor, Division of Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, considerable) price of possession to anyone interested in the
Mass. 02138. subject.

ERRATUM
Erratum on "On the Stability of Steady Motions in Free and Re-
strained Dynamical Systems," by P. Hagedorn, and published in the
June, 1979, issue of the ASME J O U R N A L O F A P P L I E D M E C H A N I C S ,
Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 427-432.

1 The example on the top of page 430 (first three phrases) is in-
appropriate, since the equilibrium q = 0, q = 0 is not mapped into
q = 0, p = 0 in this example.
2 Replace the expression in the second bracket in (46) and in the
left side of the second inequality (47) with
Px0 - (A - BW -kw-[k + (A- B)w]2/B.

462 / VOL. 47, JUNE 1980 Transactions of the ASME