Features| Worked examples are said to be one of the best features of this text. The examples are detailed, carefully selected and a number of examples that show FEM applications are included in this text.
The text includes a variety of problems including some for hand calculation, some to be solved using the computer, and others of the class project variety, which can be done with commercial FEM packages if the professor so chooses. The problems are a major feature of this text.
Strong coverage of FEM's mathematical foundations.
Comprehensive coverage of material from general field problems as well heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and solid and structural mechanics (bars, beams, frames, plane elasticity and plate bending).
The previous Chapter 3, Second-Order Boundary Value Problems, has been split into two chapters for the third edition. Chapter 3 is now Second-Order Differential Equations in One-Dimension: Finite Element Models, and Chapter 4 is now Second-Order Differential Equations in One-Dimension: Applications. |
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