... answer to more advancedproblems, most of which are of continuing practical and research interest.In this volume we consider more advanced problems in solid mechanics while in Volume 3 we consider ... Mechanics O. C. Zienkiewicz, CBE, FRS, FREngUNESCO Professor of Numerical Methods in EngineeringInternational Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, BarcelonaEmeritus Professor of Civil ... occur) the tolerance may be chosen at half the machine precision.Thus if the precision of calculations is about 16 digits one may choose " 10ÿ8sincequadratic convergence assures that the...