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Finite element analysis : from concepts to applications / David S. Burnett.

By: Burnett, David S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, c1987Description: xix, 844 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0201108062.Subject(s): Finite element methodDDC classification: 620.001
Contents:
Part I: Introduction -- What is the finite element method? -- Outline of problems treated in this book -- Part II: Basic concepts -- Foundations I: Trial-solution methods -- Foundations II: a general 12-step trial-solution procedure -- The element concept -- Part III: One-dimensional problems: theory, programming and applications -- Physical applications for 1-D boundary-value problems -- 1-D boundary-value problems: linear elements -- 1-D boundary-value problems: Higher-order elements -- Relative performance of the different elements -- 1-D Eigenproblems -- I-D initial-boundary-value problems: diffusion -- I-D initial-boundary-value problems: dynamics -- Part IV: Two-dimensional problems: theory, programming and applications -- 2-D boundary-value problems -- 2-D Eigenproblems -- 2-D initial-boundary-value problems -- Elasticity.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book was written, developed, and class tested at AT&T Bell Laboratories over a nine-year period to instruct and train engineers, scientists, and mathematicians on the intelligent use of the finite element method (FEM). It is also appropriate for undergraduate/graduate students with only an intermediate level calculus background. Its treatment of the FEM as a general numerical analysis technique with problem applications to many different fields of engineering and physical science, not just solid mechanics (e.g., elasticity, plasticity, dynamics) differentiates it from the great number of existing books on the subject.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction -- What is the finite element method? -- Outline of problems treated in this book -- Part II: Basic concepts -- Foundations I: Trial-solution methods -- Foundations II: a general 12-step trial-solution procedure -- The element concept -- Part III: One-dimensional problems: theory, programming and applications -- Physical applications for 1-D boundary-value problems -- 1-D boundary-value problems: linear elements -- 1-D boundary-value problems: Higher-order elements -- Relative performance of the different elements -- 1-D Eigenproblems -- I-D initial-boundary-value problems: diffusion -- I-D initial-boundary-value problems: dynamics -- Part IV: Two-dimensional problems: theory, programming and applications -- 2-D boundary-value problems -- 2-D Eigenproblems -- 2-D initial-boundary-value problems -- Elasticity.

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CHOICE Review

Burnett, a prominent lecturer in short courses on fundamentals of finite element method, has prepared a clear, detailed exposition of the method. The emphasis is on concepts, so to keep the process uncluttered the first two-thirds of the book focuses on one-dimensional problems. The details of how the finite element method relates to numerical processes of solving differential equations is well spelled out for a reader with a modest mathematical background. The illustrations are nicely chosen to carry the points being discussed. The book's last third covers multidimensional problems through the important isoparametric class of elements. The subject is covered so completely and clearly that the volume could be very readily used for self-study. The readership should include aeronautical, mechanical, and electrical engineers, plus researchers in physical sciences. The book is in the same class with K.H. Huebner and E.A. Thornton's The Finite Element Method for Engineers (2nd ed., 1982). Stress analysis is discussed, but not in the same scope as in T.J.R. Hughes's The Finite Element Method (1987). Stress analysts would be more interested in the book by Hughes; however, it requires significantly more maturity. After a rash of ho-hum books on finite element, this one comes with a positive buy recommendation.-W.C. Schnobrich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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