A First Course in the Finite Element Analysis provides a simple, basic approach to the finite element method that can be understood by both undergraduate and graduate students. It does not have the usual prerequisites (such as structural analysis) required by most available texts in this area. The book is written primarily as a basic learning tool for the undergraduate student in civil and mechanical engineering whose main interest is in stress analysis and heat transfer. The text is geared toward those who want to apply the finite element method as a tool to solve practical physical problems. This revised fourth edition includes the addition of a large number of new problems (including SI problems), an appendix for mechanical and thermal properties, and more civil applications.
- ISBN10 0534552986
- ISBN13 9780534552985
- Publish Date 1 August 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Nelson Engineering
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 808
- Language English