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The Finite Element Method
Its Basis and Fundamentals
- 8th Edition - November 1, 2024
- Authors: O. C. Zienkiewicz, R. L. Taylor, S. Govindjee
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 4 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 4 5 - 5
The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals, Eighth Edition offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory an… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals, Eighth Edition offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory and worked examples in a kind of detail required for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering problems and understand more advanced applications. This edition includes a significant addition of content addressing coupling problems, including: Finite element analysis formulations for coupled problems; Details of algorithms for solving coupled problems; Examples showing how algorithms can be used to solve for piezoelectricity and poroelasticity problems.
Focusing on the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools needed for successful application, this book is the authoritative resource of choice for graduate level students, researchers and professional engineers involved in finite element-based engineering analysis.
- Includes fully worked exercises throughout the book
- Addresses the formulation and solution of coupled problems in detail
- Contains chapter summaries that help the reader keep up-to-speed
Senior undergraduate and graduate students working in finite element analysis, Practicing engineers working in finite element analysis and software development
1. Introduction: Origins of the Finite Element Method and Solution of
Discrete Systems.
2. Field Problems: Finite Element Solution of 1-D Problems
3. Linear Elasticity: Finite Element Solution of 1-D Problems
4. Field Problems: Finite Element Solution in Multi-dimensions
5. Shape Functions
6. Elasticity Problems: Finite Element Solution in Multi-dimensions
7. Coupled Problems
8. Patch Test & Non-conforming Elements
9. Mixed Formulations
10. Multi-domain Approximations
11. Time Domain: Semi-Discretization of Transient Problems
12. Error and Error Estimates
13. Plate Bending: Thin and Thick Plates
14. Shells
15. Computer Procedures
- No. of pages: 800
- Language: English
- Edition: 8
- Published: November 1, 2024
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443160448
- eBook ISBN: 9780443160455
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O. C. Zienkiewicz
O. C. Zienkiewicz was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method and is internationally recognized as a leading figure in its development and wide-ranging application. He was awarded numerous honorary degrees, medals and awards over his career, including the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and Commander of the British Empire (CBE). He was a founding author of The Finite Element Method books and developed them through six editions over 40 years up to his death in 2009. Previous positions held by O.C. Zienkiewicz include UNESCO Professor of Numerical Methods in Engineering at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Barcelona, Director of the Institute for Numerical Methods in Engineering at the University of Wales, Swansea, U.K.
Affiliations and expertise
Swansea University, Swansea, WalesRT
R. L. Taylor
R.L Taylor is a Professor of the Graduate School at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Awarded the Daniel C. Drucker Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering in 2005, the Gauss-Newton Award and Congress Medal by the International Association for Computational Mechanics in 2002, and the Von Neumann Medal by the US Association for Computational Mechanics in 1999.
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USASG
S. Govindjee
Sanjay Govindjee is a Professor of Civil Engineering and the Horace, Dorothy, and Katherine Johnson Endowed Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His main research interests are in theoretical and computational mechanics with an emphasis on micro-mechanics, shape memory alloys, and elastomers. He also serves as a consultant to several governmental agencies and private corporations. He is an active member in major societies such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the US Association for Computational Mechanics. He is also a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of California. Noteworthy honors include a National Science Foundation Career Award, the inaugural 1998 Zienkiewicz Prize and Medal, an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship 1999, a Berkeley Chancellor's Professorship 2006-2011, and a guest Professorship at ETH Zürich 2008-2013. In 2015 he was named a Fellow of the US Association for Computational Mechanics. In 2018 he received a Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Award).
Affiliations and expertise
Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, USA