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Unified Approach to the Finite Element Method and Error Analysis Procedures

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ISBN-10: 0122214404

ISBN-13: 9780122214400

Edition: 1999

Authors: Julian A. T. Dow, Julian A. T. Dow

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This book is the first comprehensive reference to teach the finite element method with an emphasis on a robust procedure for analysing error. Aimed at engineers involved in structural mechanics, it combines various methods of error analysis.
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Book details

List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 11/9/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 533
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

General Introduction
Problem Definition and Development: Introduction
Principle of Minimum Potential Energy
Elements of the Calculus of Variations
Derivation of the Plane Stress Problem
Rayleigh-Ritz Variational Solution Technique
Physically Interpretable Displacement Polynomials
Strain Gradient Notation: Introduction
Strain Gradient Notation
Strain Gradient Representation of Discrete Structures
Strain Transformations
A-Priori Error Analysis Procedures: Introduction
The Development of Strain Gradient Based Finite Elements
Four Node Quadrilateral Element
Six Node Linear Strain Element
Eight and Nine Node Elements
Shear Locking and Aspect Ratio Stiffening
The Strain Gradient Reformation of the Finite Differences Method: Introduction
Elements of the Finite Difference Method
Finite Difference Boundary Condition Models
Extensions to the Finite Difference Method
A-Posteriori Error Analysis Procedures: Introduction
The Zienkiewicz/Zhu Error Estimation Procedure
Error Estimation Based on Finite Difference Smoothing
Point-Wise Error Estimates
Super-Convergence of the Augmented Finite Element Results
Adaptive Refinement of Finite Difference Models
Subject Index