Introduction to the finite element method /
J.N. Reddy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- 4/e
- xxxiv, 782 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Mechanical engineering .
- McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General introduction -- Mathematical preliminaries and classical variational methods -- 1-D Finite element models of second-order differential equations -- Applications to 1-D heat transfer and fluid and solid mechanical problems -- Finite element analysis of beams and circular plates -- Plane trusses and frames -- Eigenvalue and time-dependent problems in 1-D -- Numerical integration and computer implementation -- Single-variable problems in two dimensions -- 2-D Interpolation functions, numerical integration, and computer implementation -- Flows of viscous incompressible fluids -- Plane elasticity -- 3-D Finite element analysis.