A First Course in the Finite Element Method, Enhanced Edition, Si Version (Paperback, 6)

1. INTRODUCTION.
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE STIFFNESS (DISPLACEMENT) METHOD.
3. DEVELOPMENT OF TRUSS EQUATIONS.
4. DEVELOPMENT OF BEAM EQUATIONS.
5. FRAME AND GRID EQUATIONS.
6. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANE STRESS AND STRAIN STIFFNESS EQUATIONS.
7. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MODELING: INTERPRETING RESULTS AND EXAMPLES OF PLANE STRESS-STRAIN ANALYSIS.
8. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINEAR-STRAIN TRIANGLE EQUATIONS.
9. AXISYMMETRIC ELEMENTS.
10. ISOPARAMETRIC FORMULATION.
11. THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRESS ANALYSIS.
12. PLATE BENDING ELEMENT.
13. HEAT TRANSFER AND MASS TRANSPORT.
14. FLUID FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA AND THROUGH HYDRAULIC NETWORKS; AND ELECTRICAL NETWORKS AND ELECTROSTATICS.
15. THERMAL STRESS.
16. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND TIME-DEPENDENT HEAT TRANSFER
APPENDIX A: MATRIX ALGEBRA.
APPENDIX B: METHODS FOR SOLUTION OF SIMULTANEOUS LINEAR EQUATIONS.
APPENDIX C: EQUATIONS FOR ELASTICITY THEORY.
APPENDIX D: EQUIVALENT NODAL FORCES.
APPENDIX E: PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK.
APPENDIX F: PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AND ALUMINUM SHAPES.
ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS.