MATLAB Guide to Finite Elements : an Interactive Approach /

This book explores the numerical implementation of Finite Element Analysis using the computer program MATLAB, which is very popular today in engineering and engineering education. The book contains a short tutorial on MATLAB as well as a systematic strategy for the treatment of finite element method...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kattan, Peter I.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Spring Element
  • The Linear Bar Element
  • The Quadratic Bar Element
  • The Plane Truss Element
  • The Space Truss Element
  • The Beam Element
  • The Plane Frame Element
  • The Grid Element
  • The Space Frame Element
  • The Linear Triangular Element
  • The Quadratic Triangular Element
  • The Bilinear Quadrilateral Element
  • The Quadratic Quadrilateral Element
  • The Linear Tetrahedra (Solid) Element.-References
  • Answers to Problems
  • Contents of Accompanying CD-ROM
  • Index.