Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis

The stiffness method and the plane truss; stationary principles, the Rayleigh-Ritz method and interpolation; displacement-based elements for structural mechanics; straight-sided triangles and tetrahedra; the isoparametric formulation; co-ordinate transformation; topics in structural mechanics; constraints; solids of revolution; bending of flat plates; shells; finite elements in dynamics and vibrations; stress stiffening and buckling; weighted residual methods; heat conduction and selected fluid problems; numerical errors and convergence; modeling, programs and programming. Appendices: matrices - selected definitions and manipulations; simultaneous algebraic equations; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors.