Finite element analysis applications : a systematic and practical approach /
Zhuming, Bi.
- xv, 504 p . : ill. ; 24 cm
Content
Chapter 1. Overview of Finite Element Analysis Methods 1.1 Engineering Design Process 1.2 Computers in Engineering Design 1.3 Computer Aided Engineering 1.4 Finite Element Analysis 1.5 FEA- General Modeling Procedure Etc.
Chapter 2.Decomposition 2.1 Introduction 2.2 General Description of System 2.3 System Complexity 2.4 FEA as Problem-solving Tool 2.5 Axiomatic Design Theory Etc.
Chapter 3. Description of Elements 3.1 Nodes and Elements 3.2 Types of Coordinate Systems (cs) 3.3 Global and Local CS 3.4 Coordinate Transformation 3.5 Natural CS and shape functions Etc.
Chapter 4. Elemental Modelling 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Governing equations of engineering problems 4.3 Direct formulations 4.4 Minimum potential energy principle 4.5 Weighted residual methods Etc.
Chapter 5. System Analysis and Modelling 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Types of analysis model 5.3 Boundary conditions 5.4 Equivalent Loads 5.5 Assembling System Models Etc.
Chapter 6. Solutions to System Models 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Tensors and Vectors, and matrices 6.3 Solutions to a system of linear Equations 6.4 Eigenvalues problems 6.5 Transient problems Etc.
Chapter 7. Computer Implementation 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Overview of computer programming 7.3 UML for OOP 7.4 Static structure of FEA Computer Implementation 7.5 Computer Implementation of ID spring system Etc.
Chapter 9. Applications- Heat Transfer Problems 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Governing Equations of Heat Transfer 9.3 FEA Modeling of Heat Transfer problems 9.4 1D Steady Heat Transfer problems 9.5 2D Steady Heat Transfer Problems Etc.
Chapter 10. Applications- Fluid Mechanics 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Mathematical models 10.3 Energy conservation model 10.4 Pipe Network 10.5 2D Incompressible and Irrotational Flow
Chapter11. Applications- Multphysics Systems 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Description of mathematic Models 11.3 Simulation models of Multiphysics systems 11.4 Structural-Thermal Analysis 11.5 Conjugate Heat Transfer
Chapter 12. Validation and Verification 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Planning of V and V in FEA Modeling 12.3 Sources of Errors 12.4 Verification 12.5 Validation
Includes bibliographical references and index: P 495-504