MATLAB Guide to Finite Elements An Interactive Approach /

• Main Author: Kattan, Peter I. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer software.; Numerical analysis.; Mechanics.; Computational intelligence.; Continuum mechanics.; Computational Intelligence.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Mathematical Software.; Numerical Analysis.

This successful textbook explores the numerical implementation of Finite Element Analysis using the computer program MATLAB, which is very popular today in engineering and engineering education. The book contains a short tutorial on MATLAB as well as a systematic strategy for the treatment of finite...

Table of Contents:

• The Spring Element
• The Linear Bar Element
• The Quadratic Bar Element
• The Plane Truss Element
• The Space Truss Element
• The Beam Element
• The Plane Frame Element
• The Grid Element
• The Space Frame Element
• The Linear Triangular Element
• The Quadratic Triangular Element
• The Bilinear Quadrilateral Element
• The Quadratic Quadrilateral Element
• The Linear Tetrahedral (Solid) Element
• The Linear Brick (Solid) Element
• Other Elements.