Introduction to the Finite Element Method 4E Hardcover – 8 October 2018

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This thoroughly revised classic engineering textbook offers a broad-based overview of the finite element method. Written by a world-renowned mechanical engineering researcher and author, the book shows, step-by-step, how to calculate numerical solutions to steady-state as well as time-dependent problems. You also get detailed problems with worked-out solutions and downloadable programs that can be used and modified for real-world situations. Special attention is paid to applications that are important in bioengineering, fluid and thermal sciences, structural mechanics, and a host of applied sciences.

Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Fourth Edition, covers:
– Mathematical preliminaries and classical variational methods
– 1-D finite element models of second-order differential equations
– Applications to 1-D heat transfer and fluid and solid mechanics problems
– Finite element analysis of beams and circular plates
– Plane trusses and frames
– Eigenvalue and time-dependent problems in 1-D
– Numerical integration and computer implementation in 1-D
– Single-variable problems in two dimensions
– 2-D interpolation functions, numerical integration, and computer implementation in 2-D
– Flows of viscous incompressible fluids
– Plane elasticity
– 3-D finite element analysis