Introduction to the Finite Element Method - A Numerical Method for Engineering Analysis  (English, Paperback, Desai C S)

Introduction To The Finite Element Method: A Numerical Method For Engineering Analysis is a guide for engineering students to enhance their understanding of the literature on the finite element method.

Summary Of The Book

Finite Element Analysis is a tool for engineering students and practitioners to solve complex problems involving geometries, material properties, and loadings. It has applications in the Aerospace Industry, Civil, Mechanical, and Automotive industries, Acoustics, and Biomechanics. This makes the Finite Element Method (FEM) an important tool to master.

Introduction To The Finite Element Method: A Numerical Method For Engineering Analysis allows the interested learner to understand the powerful FEM tool and its various applications. It represents the earliest work written on the Finite Element Method and deals with structural and flow problems at the elementary level. The text will allow students to construct the function and apply it to any number of field problems.
The book has been divided into three parts. The First part gives an introduction to the subject and related background material that will come in handy while studying the second and third parts. The second section gives a description of the method and the next part deals with its applications.

Other features of this volume include reference sections and further reading is provided at the end of each chapter to widen the reader’s knowledge of the finite element method. The structured flow of information and the magnitude of the topics covered make it useful for both graduate and undergraduate students.

About The Authors

Born in Gujarat, India, Chandrakant S. Desai is a civil engineer and a renowned expert in numerical modeling in the field of geomechanics. He has authored several texts on numerical techniques and geo-mechanics. Some of these include Elementary Finite Element Method, Numerical Methods In Geomechanics, Introductory Finite Element Method, Numerical Methods In Geotechnical Engineering, and Mechanics Of Materials And Interfaces: The Disturbed State Concept.

After completing his engineering degree from the University of Bombay, Desai went to the US to receive his MS degree from Rice University, Texas, and then went on to complete his Ph.D from the University of Texas. Desai has pioneered the development of new constitutive models and laboratory procedures in numerical geomechanics. He was honored with the Senior U.S. Scientist Award by the Humboldt Foundation in 1979. Desai also received the Nathan M. Newmark medal in 2009. He is currently a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.

John Frederick Abel was a faculty at the Cornell University and has done extensive research on topics such as earthquake engineering, concrete shells, steel framed structures, computational mechanics, and interactive computer graphics. He has collaborated with over a hundred authors for over 200 publications. Some of the titles credited to him include Computation Of Spatial Structures, Stress Recovery In Geometrically Nonlinear Membranes, and Non-linear Patterns Of Mercury Bioaccumulation In Aquatic Organisms. Abel completed his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a visiting faculty at Cornell University.