TEXTBOOK OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS------PHI
Designed
for a one-semester course in Finite Element Method, this compact and
well-organized text presents FEM as a tool to find approximate solutions
to differential equations. This provides the student a better
perspective on the technique and its wide range of applications. This
approach reflects the current trend as the present-day applications
range from structures to biomechanics to electromagnetics, unlike in
conventional texts that view FEM primarily as an extension of matrix
methods of structural analysis.
After an introduction and a review
of mathematical preliminaries, the book gives a detailed discussion on
FEM as a technique for solving differential equations and variational
formulation of FEM. This is followed by a lucid presentation of
one-dimensional and two-dimensional finite elements and finite element
formulation for dynamics. The book concludes with some case studies
that focus on industrial problems and Appendices that include
mini-project topics based on near-real-life problems.
Postgraduate/Senior
undergraduate students of civil, mechanical and aeronautical
engineering will find this text extremely useful; it will also appeal to
the practising engineers and the teaching community.
• Clear and concise presentation of concepts
• Large number of worked-out examples
• Flow charts of key algorithms
• Problems including Problems to Investigate at ends of chapters
• Large number of term-project topics
Contents:
1. Introduction.
2. Finite Element Formulation Starting from Governing Differential Equations.
3. Finite Element Formulation Based on Stationarity of a Functional.
4. One-dimensional Finite Element Analysis.
5. Two-dimensional Finite Element Analysis.
6. Dynamic Analysis Using Finite Elements.
7. Application Examples.
Appendices.
A-Suggested Mini-Project Topics.
B-Review of Preliminaries.
C-Typical Finite Element Program.
Index.
