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Finite element analysis for engineers - a primer / T. K. Hellen & A. A. Becker.

By: Hellen, Trevor.
Contributor(s): Becker, A. A. (Adib A.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [United Kingdom] : NAFEMS, 2013Description: xii, 458 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781874376989.Subject(s): Finite element methodDDC classification: 624.171
Contents:
Part I: The basis of the finite element method -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of stress analysis -- Basic concepts of the finite element method -- The background theory of the finite element method -- Bar elements for structural analysis -- Continuum elements -- Isoparametric elements -- Beam elements -- Plates and shells -- Boundary conditions and loads -- Solvers -- Part II: Practical aspects of the finite element method -- Meshing -- Pre and post processing -- Testing concepts -- Examples of finite element applications -- Part III: Further applications of the finite element method -- Thermal problems -- Dynamic problems -- Introduction to non-linear problems -- Finite element treatment of non-linear problems -- Other finite element applications.
Summary: The book is intended to benefit graduate engineers embarking on a career in industry and scientists who require a general background knowledge of the finite element method in order to perform detailed analysis or conduct related research. The scope of this book covers the finite element method applied to structural mechanics in solids (as opposed to fluids), with emphasis on static linear elastic stress analysis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-438) and index.

Part I: The basis of the finite element method -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of stress analysis -- Basic concepts of the finite element method -- The background theory of the finite element method -- Bar elements for structural analysis -- Continuum elements -- Isoparametric elements -- Beam elements -- Plates and shells -- Boundary conditions and loads -- Solvers -- Part II: Practical aspects of the finite element method -- Meshing -- Pre and post processing -- Testing concepts -- Examples of finite element applications -- Part III: Further applications of the finite element method -- Thermal problems -- Dynamic problems -- Introduction to non-linear problems -- Finite element treatment of non-linear problems -- Other finite element applications.

The book is intended to benefit graduate engineers embarking on a career in industry and scientists who require a general background knowledge of the finite element method in order to perform detailed analysis or conduct related research. The scope of this book covers the finite element method applied to structural mechanics in solids (as opposed to fluids), with emphasis on static linear elastic stress analysis.