Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Introduction to the Stiffness (Displacement) Method Chapter 3 - Development of Truss Equations Chapter 4 - Development of Beam Equations Chapter 5 - Frame and Grid Equations Chapter 6 - Development of the Plane Stress and Plane Strain Stiffness Equations Chapter 7 - Practical Considerations in Modeling; Interpreting Results and Examples of Plane Stress/Strain Analysis Chapter 8 - Development of the Linear-Strain Triangle Equations Chapter 9 - Axisymmetric Elements Chapter 10 - Isoparametric Formulation Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Stress Analysis Chapter 12 - Plate Bending Element Chapter 13 - Heat Transfer and Mass Transport Chapter 14 - Fluid Flow Chapter 15 - Thermal Stress Chapter 16 - Structural Dynamics and Time-Dependent Heat Transfer Appendix A - Matrix Algebra Appendix B - Methods for Solution of Simultaneous Linear Equations Appendix C - Equations from Elasticity Theory Appendix D - Equivalent Nodal Forces Appendix E - Principle of Virtual Work Appendix F - Properties of Structural Steel and Aluminum Shapes Answer to Selected Problems. Index.
Intl Stdt Ed-First Course in the Finite Element Method