Table of Contents

PART I.
1. Meet the Finite Element Method.
2. The Direct Approach: A Physical Interpretation.
3. The Mathematical Approach: A Variational Interpretation.
4. The Mathematical Approach: A Generalized Interpretation.
5. Elements and Interpolation Functions.

PART II.
6. Elasticity Problems.
7. General Field Problems.
8. Heat Transfer Problems.
9. Fluid Mechanics Problems.
10. Boundary Conditions, Mesh Generation, and Other Practical Considerations
11. Finite Elements in Design.

About the Author

KENNETH H. HUEBNER, PhD, is retired from Ford Motor Company, where he was manager of the Computer-Aided Engineering Research Staff. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 1969.

DONALD L. DEWHIRST, PhD, has many years of experience in the aerospace and automotive industries. He is recently retired from Ford Motor Company. He received his PhD from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at the University of Illinois.

DOUGLAS E. SMITH, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Division of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. He has been involved with finite element analysis (FEA) for over fifteen years while working at IBM Corporation and Ford Motor Company. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

TED G. BYROM, PhD, is an independent consulting engineer and a former technology consultant with Oryx Energy Co., Inc. He received his PhD in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University.