The Finite Element Method, Volume 1, The Basis, 5th Edition [Hardcover]

O. C. Zienkiewicz (Author), R. L. Taylor (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470395044 | ISBN-13: 978-0470395042 | Publication Date: September 21, 2000 | Edition: Volume 1

• New material on recovery, accuracy, error estimates and adaptivity.
• Increased coverage of mixed and hybrid methods including the Discontinuous Galerkin and Enhanced Strain Methods.
• Expanded chapter on incompressible behaviour and stabilization procedures.
• Up to date coverage of meshless (element free) methods.

"...the publication of the first edition was an epoch making event...it is written by...the greatest theorist of the subject. If you are serious about finite elements, this is a book that you simply cannot afford to be without." International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering. "...the pre-eminent reference work on finite element analysis." Applied Mechanical Review. "...a very good book...presentation is first class...will be of great assistance to all engineers and scientists interested in the method...a very commendable piece of work.—"Journal of the British Society for Strain Measurement.

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...the publication of the first edition was an epoch making event...it is written by...the greatest theorist of the subject. If you are serious about finite elements, this is a book that you simply cannot afford to be without.,International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, ...the pre-eminent reference work on finite element analysis.,Applied Mechanical Review, ...a very good book...presentation is first class...will be of great assistance to all engineers and scientists interested in the method...a very commendable piece of work.,Journal of the British Society for Strain Measurement, --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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In the years since the fourth edition of this seminal work was published, active research has further developed the Finite Element Method into the pre-eminent tool for the modelling of physical systems. Written by the pre-eminent professors in their fields, this new edition of the Finite Element Method maintains the comprehensive style of the earlier editions and authoritatively incorporates the latest developments of this dynamic field. Expanded to three volumes the book now covers the basis of the method and its application to advanced solid mechanics and also advanced fluid dynamics. Volume 1: The Basis is intended as a broad overview of the Finite Element Method. Aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates and professional engineers, it provides a complete introduction to the method.

Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the Finite Element Method cover non-linear solid and structural mechanics and fluid dynamics respectively. Both are essential reading for postgraduate students and professional engineers working in these disciplines.

Contents: Some preliminaries: The standard discrete system · A direct approach to problems in elasticity · Generalization of the finite element concepts - Galerkin-weighted residual and variational approaches · Plane stress and plane strain · Axisymmetric stress analysis · Three-dimensional stress analysis · Steady-state field problems - heat conduction, electric and magnetic potential, fluid flow etc · 'Standard' and 'hierarchical' element shape functions: some general familiarities of C0 continuity · Mapped elements and numerical integration - 'infinite' and 'singularity' elements · The patch test, reduced integration and non-conforming elements · Mixed formulation and constraints - complete field methods · Incompressible problems, mixed methods and other procedures of solution · Mixed formulation and constraints - incomplete (hybrid) field methods, boundary · Trefftz methods · Errors, recovery processes and error estimates · Adaptive finite element refinement · The time dimension - semi-discretization of field and dynamic problems and analytical solution procedures · The time dimension - discrete approximation in time · Coupled systems · Computer procedures for finite element analysis · Appendices.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 736 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Volume 1 edition (September 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470395044
• ISBN-13: 978-0470395042
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,121,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, August 14, 2003

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Marco G F Capozzi (Starkville, MS. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finite Element Method: Volume 1, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)

I bought the 3-books set. The first book explains the general FE theory, without (almost) any particular reference to, say, CFD, structural mechanics or whatever.The second one regards theory of elasticity, and it stresses on shell and plates. The third one is an overview of FEM methods for fluid-dynamics.
The first two books are the best, the third does not cover the subject very deeply. Moreover, there's a lack of codes. Apart from some pseudo-code examples you can find at the end of the book, there are no more code examples like, say, in Reddy or Bathe book.
The book is easy to read, and in general is well written. If you're planning to do some CFD via FE method, don't buy the third one. As a whole, it's the most comprehensive work on FE books, althought there are some more specific books available for each one of the particular areas covered by the books.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, September 30, 2002

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"josegabrielrosas" (Bogotá , Colombia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finite Element Method: Volume 1, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)

It's a good book. Explains FEA like FEA has to be explained. If you want to study hard, this book is for you. May be exercises are missing.

0 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars need more info, April 13, 2002

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Manohar P. Samtani (Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finite Element Method: Volume 1, Fifth Edition (Hardcover)

I like to review more math pages on the Bathe book very little math shown. I want to see the level of math before I buy it.Gives me an idea about the quality of the book.