Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis

The Stiffness Method and the Plane Truss. Stationary Principles, the Rayleigh-Ritz Method, and Interpolation. Displacement-Based Elements for Structural Mechanics. Straight-Sided Triangles and Tetrahedra. The Isoparametric Formulation. Coordinate Transformation. Topics in Structural Mechanics. Constraints. Solids of Revolution. Bending of Flat Plates. Shells. Finite Elements in Dynamics and Vibrations. Stress Stiffening and Buckling. Weighted Residual Methods. Heat Conduction and Selected Fluid Problems. An Introduction to Some Nonlinear Problems. Numerical Errors and Convergence. Modeling, Programs, and Programming. Appendices. References. Index.David S. Malkus is the author of 'Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis' with ISBN 9780471847885 and ISBN 0471847887.