Basic principles of the finite element method

This book provides an introductory text which lays out the basic theory of the finite element method in a form that will be comprehensible to engineering and materials science students. Although this book was written with materials scientists in mind, it will prove useful to all those interested in...

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Main Author Entwistle, K. M.
Corporate Author Institute of Materials (Great Britain)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Maney, for the Institute of Materials, 2001.
SeriesBook (Institute of Materials (Great Britain)) ; 783.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781907625237
9781621985396
9781902653532
Physical Description1 online zdroj (vii, 183 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 About Matrices; Chapter 3 The Stiffness Matrix; Chapter 4 One-dimensional Finite Element Analysis; Chapter 5 Energy Principles in Finite Element Analysis; Chapter 6 Finite Elements that form part of a Continuum; Chapter 7 Finite Element Analysis using Higher Order Elements; Chapter 8 Worked Examples applying the Theory of Section (7.2) to Calculate the Stresses in a Loaded Tapered Sheet; Chapter 9 A Cautionary Epilogue.