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An
Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
A Computational Approach
Prem K. Kythe, University of New Orleans, LA
Dongming Wei, University of New Orleans, LA Supplementary files
Price $79.95
456 pages , 6
1/8 x 9 , 152 illus., hardcover
ISBN: 0-8176-4308-7, published 2004
Textbook
Not yet published; expected release date: 10/24/2003
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Although finite
element courses have become more popular in the undergraduate and
graduate engineering, science, and applied mathematics curricula, there
are very few introductory textbooks geared toward students accustomed to
using computers for everyday assignments and research. "An
Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis" fills
this gap, offering a concise, integrated presentation of methods,
applications, computational software tools, and hands-on programming
projects. Suitable for junior/senior undergraduate and first-year
graduate courses, the book is aimed at students from a variety of
disciplines: engineering, physics, geophysics, and applied mathematics.
Unlike existing texts designed with specific applications to a particular
field of mechanical, civil, or chemical engineering, the emphasis here is
on interdisciplinary applications. One- and two-dimensional linear and
nonlinear initial/boundary value problems are solved using finite
element, Newton's, and conjugate gradient methods. Mathematical theory is
kept to a minimum, making the text accessible to students with varied
backgrounds.
Features:
* Software tools using Mathematica, Matlab, Fortran, and commercial
finite element codes, such as Ansys, integrated throughout the text
* Numerous examples and exercises with diverse applications to linear and
nonlinear heat transfer, fluid flows, mechanical vibrations,
electromagnetics, and structures
* Supporting material and selected solutions to problems available at the
authors' websites: http://www.math.uno.edu/fac/pkythe.html and http://www.math.uno.edu/fac/dwei.html
* Minimal prerequisites: a course in calculus of several variables,
differential equations and linear algebra, as well as some knowledge of
computers
Primarily a classroom resource, the book may also be used as a self-study
reference for researchers and practitioners who need a quick introduction
to finite element methods.
See
the Table of Contents
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