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Finite Element Method - The Basis (Volume 1)

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viiiContents3.5 Partial discretization 553.6 Convergence 583.7 What are `variational principles'? 603.8 `Natural' variational principles and their relation to governingdi€erential equations 623.9 Establishment of natural variational principles for linear,self-adjoint di€erential equations 663.10 Maximum, minimum, or a saddle point? 693.11 Constrained variational principles. Lagrange multipliers andadjoint functions 703.12 Constrained variational principles. Penalty functions and the leastsquare method 763.13 Concluding remarks 82References 844. Plane stress and plane strain 874.1 Introduction 874.2 <strong>Element</strong> characteristics 874.3 Examples ± an assessment of performance 974.4 Some practical applications 1004.5 Special treatment of plane strain with an incompressible material 1104.6 Concluding remark 111References 1115. Axisymmetric stress analysis 1125.1 Introduction 1125.2 <strong>Element</strong> characteristics 1125.3 Some illustrative examples 1215.4 Early practical applications 1235.5 Non-symmetrical loading 1245.6 Axisymmetry ± plane strain and plane stress 124References 1266. Three-dimensional stress analysis 1276.1 Introduction 1276.2 Tetrahedral element characteristics 1286.3 Composite elements with eight nodes 1346.4 Examples and concluding remarks 135References 1397. Steady-state ®eld problems ± heat conduction, electric and magneticpotential, ¯uid ¯ow, etc. 1407.1 Introduction 1407.2 <strong>The</strong> general quasi-harmonic equation 1417.3 <strong>Finite</strong> element discretization 1437.4 Some economic specializations 1447.5 Examples ± an assessment of accuracy 1467.6 Some practical applications 149

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