Introduction to finite element analysis : formulation, verification, and validation /

• Main Author: Szabo, B. A. (Barna Aladar), 1935-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Babuska, Ivo
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
• Series: Wiley series in computational mechanics.
• Subjects: Finite element method.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Drafting & Mechanical Drawing.; Electronic books.

"The authors believe that users of finite element analysis (FEA) software products must have a basic understanding of how mathematical models are constructed; what are the essential assumptions incorporated in a mathematical model; what is the algorithmic structure of the finite element solutio...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• An Outline of the Finite Element Method
• Formulation of Mathematical Models
• Generalized Formulations
• Finite Element Spaces
• Regularity and Rates of Convergence
• Computation and Verification of Data
• What Should be Computed and why?
• Beams, Plates and Shells
• Nonlinear Models
• Appendix A: Definitions
• Appendix B: Numerical Quadrature
• Appendix C: Properties of the Stress Tensor
• Appendix D: Computation of Stress Intensity Factors
• Appendix E: Saint-Venant's principle
• Appendix F: Solutions for Selected Exercises
• Bibliography
• Index.