This book deals with the most recent numerical modeling of adhesive joints. Advances in damage
mechanics and extended finite element method are described in the context of the Finite Element
method with examples of application. The book also introduces the classical continuum mechanics
and fracture mechanics approach and discusses the boundary element method and the finite
difference method with indication of the cases they are most adapted to. At the moment there a
no numerical technique that can solve any problem and the analyst needs to be aware of the
limitations involved in each case.
