| Description |
xii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Preliminaries: Computer Strategies -- 2. Spatial Discretisation by Finite Elements -- 3. Programming Finite Element Computations -- 4. Static Equilibrium of Structures -- 5. Static Equilibrium of Linear Elastic Solids -- 6. Material Nonlinearity -- 7. Steady-state Flow -- 8. Transient Problems: First Order (Uncoupled) -- 9. "Coupled" Problems -- 10. Eigenvalue Problems -- 11. Forced Vibrations -- App. 1. Consistent Nodal Loads -- App. 2. Plastic Stress-Strain Matrices and Plastic Potential Derivatives -- App. 3. Geometry Subroutines -- App. 4. Alphabetic List of Building Block Subroutines -- App. 5. Listings of Special Purpose Routines -- App. 6. Solutions to Examples |
| Summary |
To help readers assemble their own computer programs to solve particular engineering problems by using a "building block" strategy specifically designed for computations via the finite element method |
| Notes |
This ed. fully updated in FORTRAN 90. Previous ed. published 1982 had title: Programming the finite element method : with application to geomechanics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Computer-aided engineering.
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Engineering -- Data processing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Finite element method -- Computer programs.
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Subroutines (Computer programs)
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| Author |
Griffiths, D. V.
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| LC no. |
96054905 |
| ISBN |
0471965421 (cloth) |
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047196543X (paperback) |
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