A first course in the finite element method
Offering an approach to the finite element method that can be understood by both undergraduate and graduate students, this book is suitable as a basic learning tool for the undergraduate student in civil and mechanical engineering whose focus is on stress analysis and heat transfer.
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Stamford, CT
Cengage Learning
2011.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction [Finite element method]
- Introduction to the stiffness (displacement) method
- Development of truss equations
- Development of beam equations
- Frame and grid equations
- Development of the plane stress and plane strain stiffness equations
- Practical considerations in modeling; interpreting results; and examples of plane stress/strain analysis
- Development of the linear-strain triangle equations
- Axisymmetric elements
- Isoparametric formulation
- Three-dimensional stress analysis
- Plate bending element
- Heat transfer and mass transport
- Fluid flow
- Thermal stress
- Structural dynamics and time-dependent heat transfer
- Appendix A: Matrix algebra
- Appendix B: Methods for solution of simultaneous linear equations
- Appendix D: Equations from elasticity theory
- Appendix D: Equivalent nodal forces
- Appendix E: Principle of virtual work
- Appendix F: Geometric properties of structural steel wide flange sections
- Answers to selected problems.