Author: Rajasekaran S.

Publisher: S. Chand Publishing

ISBN: 9788121923149

Category: Technology & Engineering

Page: 643

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During the past three decades,the finite element method of analysis has rapidly become a very popular tool for computer solution of complex problems in engineering.With the advent of digital computers the finite element method has greatly enlarged the range of engineering problems.The finite element method is very sucessful because of its generality,the formulation of the problem in variational or weighted residual form,discretization of the formulation and the solution of resulting finite element equations.The book is divided into sixteen chapters.In the first chapter,the historical background and the fundamentals of solid mechanics are discussed.The second chapter covers the discrete finite element method or direct stiffness approach to solve trusses which is quite often discussed in computer statics course.These structural concepts are necessary for the basic understanding of the method to a continuum.