Maurice Petyt is an Emeritus Professor of Structural Dynamics, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton. He has also held appointments as a Research Professor at George Washington University and Visiting Professor at the University d'Aix-Marseille II, France, and the National University of Singapore. He is a Charted Mathematician, a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, a Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, and a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics. Formerly European Editor and Editor-in-Chief, he is now Editor Emeritus of the Journal of Sound and Vibration.
1. Formulation of the equations of motion
2. Element energy functions
3. Introduction to the finite element displacement method
4. In-plane vibration of plates
5. Vibration of solids
6. Flexural vibration of plates
7. Vibration of stiffened plates and folded plate structures
8. Vibration of shells
9. Vibration of laminated plates and shells
10. Hierarchical finite element method
11. Analysis of free vibration
12. Forced response
13. Forced response II
14. Computer analysis technique.