Finite element analysis : theory and practice /
M.J. Fagan.
- Harlow, Essex, England : New York, NY : Longman Scientific & Technical ; Wiley, 1992.
- xx, 315 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.
Bibliography: p. 297-298. - Includes index.
Background and application -- Introduction to the method -- Discretization of the problem -- Interpolation functions and simplex elements -- Formulation of the element characteristic matrices and vectors for elasticity problems -- Formulation of the element characteristic matrices and vectors for field problems -- Assembly and solution of the finite element equations -- Higher-order element formulations -- Modelling procedures and results processing -- Further applications of the finite element method -- Symmetry, submodelling and validation -- Commercial finite element programs.