Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 About Matrices; Chapter 3 The Stiffness Matrix; Chapter 4 One-dimensional Finite Element Analysis; Chapter 5 Energy Principles in Finite Element Analysis; Chapter 6 Finite Elements that form part of a Continuum; Chapter 7 Finite Element Analysis using Higher Order Elements; Chapter 8 Worked Examples applying the Theory of Section (7.2) to Calculate the Stresses in a Loaded Tapered Sheet; Chapter 9 A Cautionary Epilogue
Summary
This book provides an introductory text which lays out the basic theory of the finite element method in a form that will be comprehensible to engineering and materials science students. Although this book was written with materials scientists in mind, it will prove useful to all those interested in learning the fundamentals of the finite element method
