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IntroductiontotheFiniteElementMethod
Summary

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1.Introduction
1.1IntroductionHistoricalperspective
1.2Reviewofbasicrelationsofbeamtheoryandelasticity
2.RayleighRitzmethod
3.BasicconceptsoftheFEM:solutionof1Dbarproblem
3.1Basicconcepts:mesh,nodes,elements,interpolation,
3.2FEAofaxiallyloadedbar
3.3Notes:directmethod,higherorderelements,
3.4PrincipleofVirtualWork(PVW)approach
3.5GalerkinWeightedResidual(GWR)method
4.FEAof2Dtrussproblem

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5.FEAof2DPoissonproblem
5.1Equationandapplications
5.2Variationalapproach
5.3Weightedresidualmethod
5.42Dglobalelements
5.5Convergence
5.6HigherorderC0elements
5.7Isoparametricelements
5.8Numericalintegration
5.9Gradientcomputation
6.FEAofstructuralproblems
6.13Delasticcontinuumelement
6.2Planestress/planestrainelement
6.3Axisymmetricelement
6.4Euler/Bernouillibeamelement
6.5Frameelement
6.6Mindlinbeamelement
6.7Plateelements
6.8Cohesivezoneelements

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7.ImportantissuesinFEA
7.1Meshdesign,errorcontrolandsymmetry
7.2BendingbehaviorofCSTelements
8.AdvancedtopicsinFEA
8.1FEAoftransientproblems
8.1.1Transientthermalproblems
8.1.2Transientstructuralproblems

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