Finite Element Methods and Their Applications

• Main Author: Chen, Zhangxin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Scientific Computation,
• Subjects: Physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Mechanics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Applications of Mathematics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Computational Science and Engineering.

This book serves as a text for one- or two-semester courses for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students and as a professional reference for people who want to solve partial differential equations (PDEs) using finite element methods. The author has attempted to introduce every conc...

Table of Contents:

• Elementary Finite Elements
• Nonconforming Finite Elements
• Mixed Finite Elements
• Discontinuous Finite Elements
• Characteristic Finite Elements
• Adaptive Finite Elements
• Solid Mechanics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid Flow in Porous Media
• Semiconductor Modeling.