Customer Reviews

The Finite Element Method, Volume 1, The Basis, 5th Edition

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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.

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.

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.