Zienkiewicz, O. C. <br/><br/>
The finite element method / 
O. C. Zienkiewicz. 
 - 3rd expanded and rev. ed. 
 - London ;  New York :  McGraw Hill,  1989. 
 - xv, 787 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> First ed. (1967) published under title: The finite element method in structural and continuum mechanics; 2nd ed. (1971) published under title: The finite element method in engineering science. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Some preliminaries:  the standard discrete system -- Finite elements of an elastic continuum - displacement approach -- Generalization of the finite element concepts - weighted residual and variational approaches -- Plane stress and plane strain -- Axi-symmetric stress analysis -- Three-dimensional stress analysis -- Element shape functions - some general families of Co continuity -- Curved, isoparametric elements and numerical integration -- Some applications of isoparametric elements in two- and three-dimensional stress analysis -- Bending of thin plates - A C1-continuity problem -- Non-conforming elements; substitute shape functions; 'reduced' integration and similar useful tricks -- Lagrangian constraints in energy principles of elasticity. 'complete field' and 'interface variables' (hybrid methods) -- Shells as an assembly of elements -- Axi-symmetric shells -- Semi-analytical finite element processes - use of orthogonal functions -- Shells as a special case of three-dimensional analysis -- Steady-state field problems - heat conduction, electric and magnetic potential, fluid flow etc. -- Non-linear material problems, plasticity, creep (visco-plasticity) non-linear field problems etc. -- Geometrically non-linear problems:  large displacement and structural instability -- The time dimension, semi-discretization of field and dynamic problems and analytical solution procedures -- The time dimension:  finite element approximation to intial value-transient problems -- Flow of viscous fluids:  some special problems of convective transport -- 'Boundary solution' processes and the finite element method infinite domains; singularity in fracture mechanics -- Computer procedures for finite element analysis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0070840725 0070841748  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88000862 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Structural analysis (Engineering)<br/>Finite element method.<br/>Continuum mechanics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.001