An Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
Subtitle: A Computational Approach
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Published: October 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9780817643089
Subjects: Mathematics; Technology & Industrial Arts; Finite element method; Electronics - General; Structural analysis (Engineering); Science/Mathematics; Structural analysis (Engineeri; Algebra - Linear; Applied; Engineering - General; Analysis; Applied Mathematics; Design; Engineering; Mathematical Methods in Engineering; Mathematics / Applied; Physics; Finite Mathematics
First sentence: In this chapter, after a brief historical sketch about the development of the finite element methods, we discuss the weak variational formulation and present the Galerkin and Rayleigh-Ritz methods, which belong to the class of weighted residual methods.