Logan, Daryl L. <br/><br/>
A first course in the finite element method / 
Daryl L. Logan. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Pacific Grove, Calif. :  Brooks/Cole,Thomson Learning,  c2002. 
 - xvi, 696 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of : A first course in the finite element method using algor. 2000. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction. - 2. Introduction to the stiffness (displacement) method. - 3. Development of truss equations. - 4. Development of beam equations. - 5. Frame and grid equations. - 6. Development of the plane stress and plane strain stiffness equations. - 7. Practical considerations in modeling ; interpreting ; and examples of plane stress/strain analysis. - 8. Development of the linear-strain triangle equations. 9. Axisymmetric elements. - 10. Isoparametric formulation. - 11. Three-dimensional stress analysis. - 12. Plate bending element. - 13. Heat transfer and mass transport. - 14. Fluid flow. - 15. Thermal stress. - 16. Structural dynamics and time-dependent heat transfer. - Appendix A. Matrix algebra. - Appendix B. Methods for solution of simultaneous linear equations. - Appendix C. Equations from elasticity theory. - Appendix D. Equivalent nodal forces. - Appendix E. Principle of virtual work. - Answers to selected problems. - Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0534385176 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finite element method.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.001515353  / LOG