Finite Element Multidisciplinary Analysis (Aiaa Education Series) [Hardcover]

Kajal K. Gupta (Author), John L. Meek (Author), J. L. Meek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000 | ISBN-10: 1563473933 | ISBN-13: 978-1563473937 | Edition: 1st

This new book fills a gap within the finite element literature by addressing the challenges and developments in multidisciplinary analysis, including structural mechanics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, controls engineering, and propulsion technology and their interaction as encountered in many practical problems. Numerical problems and exercises are provided. Supporting software is available.

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About the Author

Dr. Gupta earned his Ph.D. and D.Sc. (Eng) degrees at the University of London. He continued his career at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, before coming to the United States. He is currently employed at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, involved in numerical modeling, simulation, and testing of flight test vehicles that include the X-29A, F-18 SRA, and Hyper-X. He has published more than 100 publications.

Dr. Meek earned his M.S. at the University of California, Berkeley, and his B.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, at the University of Queensland. He has authored two books.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &; 1st edition (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563473933
• ISBN-13: 978-1563473937
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,013,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good exposition, February 8, 2011

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Tim J (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finite Element Multidisciplinary Analysis (Aiaa Education Series) (Hardcover)

This book is a fairly good introduction to FEM, rich with detailed examples that takes the reader step by step through their explanations. However, as with all texts, beware of some typos. Some examples from Section 2.3: Equations 2.23, 2.33 have sign typos, and Equation 2.20 is missing a very important variable (/psi_{,x}). Equation 2.38 has a numerical typo (the last number, 1/2, should be 3/2) though the numerical results are correct (that is, they do not use the numbers in 2.38 to solve the set of equations, but the proper numbers instead, I've checked this with Maple). I can't seem to find a list of errata for this book, which would be helpful. With that said, the typos simply make the reader do a little extra work, and I would still recommend this book as an introduction to the theory and practice of FEM.

5.0 out of 5 stars Multidisciplinary analysis, January 11, 2003

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Perumal Nithiarasu (Swansea, Wales United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finite Element Multidisciplinary Analysis (Aiaa Education Series) (Hardcover)

This is a good book on multidisciplinary analysis using the finite element method. The book includes some practical applications and fundamentals. It is a very good reference book. However an expanded future edition of the book will be very useful for a beginner.

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Text in Multidisciplinary Finite Elements, July 24, 2001

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Ramesh Kolar (Monterey, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finite Element Multidisciplinary Analysis (Aiaa Education Series) (Hardcover)

As the title of the book describes, a thorough development of the finite element approach to the various disciplines, namely structural mechanics, structural dynamics, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, and control engineering is given in this book. Of particular interest to both academic and practicing engineers is the development of the multidisciplinary application to aeroelasticity and aeroservoelasticity problems based on finite elements as the building block. Besides covering usual topics of finite element analysis, the text also includes detailed expose on such topics as the eigen value problems associated with structural dynamics and spinning structures, computational aerodynamics, and numerical techniques of solving coupled structures-aerodynamics problems, among others. Overall, the authors ought to be congratulated for writing this timely and much needed text and is an excellent contribution to the field. It will be of interest and value to both academic and practicing aerospace, mechanical and civil engineering community.