Finite Element Method in Engineering - Softcover

Singiresu S. Rao

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0080254667 ISBN 13: 9780080254661

Publisher: Pergamon Press, 1981

Synopsis

"The Finite Element Method in Engineering, Fourth Edition is an updated and improved version of a finite element text long noted for its practical applications approach, its readability, and ease of use. Students will find in this textbook a thorough grounding of the mathematical principles underlying the popular, analytical methods for setting up a finite element solution based on those mathematical equations. It quickly bridges that knowledge to a host of real-world applications - from structural design, to problems in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics." Professional engineers will benefit from the introduction to the many useful applications of finite element analysis, and will gain a better understanding of its limitations and special uses. This new edition will clarify and augment those benefits by expanding upon several key fundamentals of the underlying mathematics with new material on boundary element analysis, as well as other advanced solutions methods.

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Book Description

An updated and improved version of a finite element text long noted for its practical applications approach, its readability, and ease of use.

From the Publisher

It is vital that the engineer or engineering student fully understands the theory and knowledge that underpins the finite element method before it is possible to utilize it in practice. Professor Rao, who has many years of teaching experience at one of the country's leading centers of technical excellence, explains the topics from first principles, making use of numerous illustrations and examples and breaking the subject into easily absorbed segments which will guide the reader through the material in stages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pergamon Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080254667
• ISBN 13: 9780080254661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 625