Finite Elements Methods in Mechanics

• Main Author: Eslami, M. Reza (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 216
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Physics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This book covers all basic areas of mechanical engineering, such as fluid mechanics, heat conduction, beams, and elasticity with detailed derivations for the mass, stiffness, and force matrices. It is especially designed to give physical feeling to the reader for finite element approximation by the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and History
• Mathematical Foundations
• Finite Element of Elastic Membrane
• Elements and Local Coordinates
• Field Problems
• Conduction Heat Transfer in Solids
• Computer Methods
• Finite Elements of Beams
• Elasticity, Galerkin Formulations
• Elasticity, Variational Formulations
• Torsion of Prismatic Bars
• Thermoelasticity
• Incompressible Viscous Fluid Flow
• One-Dimensional Higher Order Elements
• Two-Dimensional Higher Order Elements
• Coupled Thermoelasticity
• Computer Programs.