Research Catalog

Title

Concepts and applications of finite element analysis / Robert D. Cook, David S. Malkus, Michael E. Plesha.

Author

Cook, Robert D. (Robert Davis)

Publication

• New York : Wiley, [1989]
• ©1989

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Additional Authors

• Malkus, David S.
• Plesha, Michael E.

Description

xviii, 630 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

Aimed at advanced undergraduate students of mechanical or civil engineering, this volume provides a structural mechanical approach to finite element analysis. The text, which contains over 750 problems, introduces matrix methods and includes Fortran algorithms for solving problems.

Subject

• Structural analysis (Engineering)
• Finite element method
• Théorie des constructions
• Méthode des éléments finis
• structural analysis
• Finite element method
• Anwendung
• Baustatik
• Finite-Elemente-Methode
• Numerische Mathematik
• Partielle Differentialgleichung
• Constructions, Théorie des
• Éléments finis, Méthode des

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 605-622.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: The Stiffness Method and the Plane Truss. -- Stationary Principles, the Rayleigh-Ritz Method, and Interpolation. -- Displacement-Based Elements for Structural Mechanics. -- Straight-Sided Triangles and Tetrahedra. -- The Isoparametric Formulation. -- Coordinate Transformation. -- Topics in Structural Mechanics. -- Constraints. -- Solids of Revolution. -- Bending of Flat Plates. -- Shells. -- Finite Elements in Dynamics and Vibrations. -- Stress Stiffening and Buckling. -- Weighted Residual Methods. -- Heat Conduction and Selected Fluid Problems. -- An Introduction to Some Nonlinear Problems. -- Numerical Errors and Convergence. -- Modeling, Programs, and Programming. -- Appendices. -- References. -- Index.

ISBN

• 0471847887
• 9780471847885

LCCN

88027929

OCLC

• ocm18557290
• 18557290
• SCSB-9186243

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library