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Practical Stress Analysis with Finite Elements

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This book is the ideal reference manual for any engineer that performs structural analyses. All the fundamentals of finite elements are covered without excessive maths, and all concepts are explained very clearly. This is something that textbooks which focus just on theory do very poorly. If you are looking for a guide on how to perform a FEA, how to set up a well defined problem, choose your elements correctly, choose the right solver, etc.. then this book is for you. If you want to write your own FEA code, then stick to the FEA theory textbooks.

As a design engineer, I find this book to be the ideal reference and I consult it often before I tackle a problem. The final section, with case studies, sums up all the chapters with real world examples. Highly recommended for structural and numerical analysis engineers.

This is a very good book for whoever is starting on FEM, just as described. It's not too theoretical at all

This is an excellent introductory material on grasping the basic principles and procedures for setting up stress analysis problems for computer-aided analysis. I particularly like the coverage of material properties, i.e, the material types, constitutive relationships, and the significance of proper selection of material type(s) for realistic simulation of structural behavior in service.

It is suggested that the a future edition should include more practical examples of contact problems.

This book is an excellent first reference for beginners. It provides a great overview of the fundamentals of FEA and the practical aspects of setting up an analysis. It will guide you in setting up the model and running the analysis, but you will need to go elsewhere for information on interpreting the results.

On initial review the book appears to be an excellent overview of the Finite Element Analysis method for solving complex engineering problems in a reasonably simplified manner. I have only read one chapter so far, and scanned the rest, but would say that the book appears to be a very practical and results-oriented treatise, geared toward working profesional engineers who need practical applications rather than extensive theory. For my purposes, I believe it was a wise purchase.

I have to do a lot of finite element modelling as part of my Ph.D. studies so I was searching for a book that took me from the basics and helped me to build models relevant to my research. I went through many other books before recently finding this one. All the other books I tried didn't actually tell you how to build a FEA model they just showed a load of maths and equations. After reading the other books I was still unable to do the most basic analysis required for my research.

There are a lot of very bad FEA books out there, however, this book is the exception! There is loads of information given and most of my questions were answered either in the main text or in the case study examples. The book starts out by giving an introduction to FEA, what it is and why is useful etc. The second chapter is a summary of stress analysis and is very useful. I found myself referring back to it several times as I read through the rest of the book and my software help manual.
The third chapter is where this book really comes into its own: a method for helping you pick each facet of your model is given. It's really practical, problem solving stuff, which really helped me out. After going through the method suggested I could easily build basic models of my research problem.

The rest of the chapters cover aspects of the FEA process in detail, such as element types and choices, material models - what they do and when to use them, boundary conditions and loads - which are the best to use in particular situations, how to set up the solution and how to fix the model if it breaks down.

The final chapter contains nine case studies/examples which go through various types of analysis in detail. They range from fairly basic beam models right up to non-linear type analysis using contact etc. These case studies are absolutely excellent!

Without question this is the best book on FEA currently available!

This book provides a good theoretical base for understanding the finite element method. I would suggest it for a class, but not so much for teaching yourself.

This version seems to be a low budget print, but I really like the way the pages are printed. The paper is more like copy paper and it doesn't cause glare or eye strain.

I had to get this book for a course I was sitting. It was really helpful. I had a look at some similar books and they were full of equations etc. This book was a great help as it gives practical tips and explains the FE process clearly and how to avoid making mistakes. I would really reccomend it for beginners.

Do not buy this book. Not only is it poorly written with many grammatical errors, it is full of fundamental mistakes. When the book refers to kilograms as a measurement of WEIGHT (instead of mass) and the tensile strength of a material as the maximum LOAD (instead of stress) that can be carried, it leaves me questioning everything else that appears in the book. If not even basic concepts can be conveyed correctly, I have no faith that the more complicated data that appears is correct.