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A first course in finite elements. (CD-ROM included).

9780470035801

A first course in finite elements. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 included)

Fish, Jacob and Ted Belytschko Ted Belytschko is a researcher in field of computational solid mechanics and is known for development of methods like element-free Galerkin methods and extended finite element methods. .

John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
  • John Wiley & Sons, publishing company
  • John C. Wiley, American ambassador
  • John D. Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • John M. Wiley (1846–1912), U.S.
 & Sons

2007

319 pages

$65.00

Paperback

TA347

For undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering, Fish (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N.Y.; coeducational; founded and opened 1824 as Rensselaer School; chartered 1826. It was called Rensselaer Institute from 1837 to 1861. ) and Belytschko (Northwestern U.) describe the formulation and application of the finite element method. The book is introductory and self-contained and only some math and physics knowledge is necessary, with some topics reviewed in chapters. It is generic rather than application specific, serving as a general purpose numerical procedure for solving engineering problems governed by partial differential equations. It also integrates finite element theory, finite element code development and the application of commercial software package. It covers finite elements for one-dimensional problems, scalar field Noun 1. scalar field - a field of scalars
field - (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1; "the set of all rational
 problems in two dimensions, and vector filed problems in two dimensions and beams. The CD contains the ABAQUS/Standard, ABAQUS/Explicit, and ABAQUS/CAE software.

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