What Every Engineer Should Know About Computational Techniques of Finite Element Analysis

Louis Komzsik is a graduate of the Technical University of Budapest with an engineering degree and the Eötvös University of Sciences in Budapest with a mathematics degree, both in Hungary. From 1974 through 2016 he worked in various industries in Europe and in the United States, in finite element analysis of ships, airplanes, automobiles, satellites and windmills. His work on numerical computational techniques for industrial finite element analysis has been captured in the NASTRAN Numerical methods handbook. He pioneered the introduction of several numerical techniques that became de-facto industrial standards; and his book about one of those topics, titled The Lanczos method, has also been published in Chinese, Japanese and Hungarian. He also worked on the topic of rotor dynamics and on the mathematical solution of structural topology optimization. He is the author of several technical books in 2nd or 3rd editions. His Approximation Techniques for Engineers, 2nd ed. (2016), Applied Calculus of Variations for Engineers, 3rd ed. (2018), and this Computational Techniques of Finite Element Analysis 3rd ed. (2024) are all used in industry and in academia worldwide. He is also the coauthor of Computational Techniques of Rotor Dynamics with the Finite Element Method originally published in 2012, and a 2nd edition is to be published later this year. After his retirement from industry, he lectured at the Mathematics Department of The University of California in Irvine from 2017 through 2020. Since 2021 he serves as Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics and teaches finite element analysis using this book as class text at Obuda University in Budapest, Hungary. In 2024 he received his gold diploma from the Technical University of Budapest celebrating his 50 years long engineering career.

1.Finite Element Analysis 2.Finite Element Model Generation 3.Modeling of Physical Phenomena 4.Constraints and Boundary Conditions 5.Singularity Detection of Finite Element Models 6.Coupling Physical Phenomena 7.Matrix Factorization and Linear Systems 8.Static Condensation 9.Real Spectral Computations 10.Complex Spectral Computations 11.Dynamic Reduction 12.Component Mode Synthesis 13.Modal Solution Technique 14.Transient Response Analysis 15.Frequency Domain Analysis 16.Nonlinear Analysis 17.Sensitivity and Optimization 18.Engineering Result Computations 19. Heat Transfer 20. Wave Propagation 21. Topology Optimization 22. Fluid dynamics