Finite Elements for Electrical Engineers (Paperback)

by Peter P. Silvester (Author), Ronald L. Ferrari (Author) "This chapter introduces the finite element method by showing how a simple one-dimensional problem can be solved..." (more)
Key Phrases: covariant projection elements, essential boundary constraint, vector interpolation functions, New York, John Wiley, Englewood Cliffs (more...)

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"...a clear, detailed introduction to finite-element analysis...suitable for use as a text in a graduate electrical engineering course. It is also an excellent reference for all electrical engineers who want to understand finite-element analysis well enough to write or modify their own finite-element codes." IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

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This third edition of the principal text on the finite element method for electrical engineers and electronics specialists presents the method in a mathematically undemanding style, accessible to undergraduates who may be encountering it for the first time. Like the earlier editions, it begins by deriving finite elements for the simplest familiar potential fields, and then formulates finite elements for a wide range of applied electromagnetics problems. These include wave propagation, diffusion, and static fields; open-boundary problems and nonlinear materials; axisymmetric, planar and fully three-dimensional geometries; and scalar and vector fields. A wide selection of demonstration programs allows the reader to follow the practical use of the methods. Besides providing all that is needed for the beginning undergraduate student, this textbook is also a valuable reference text for professional engineers and research students.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 516 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 3 edition (September 13, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521449537
• ISBN-13: 978-0521449533
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #688,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Removal of the section on waveguide discontinuity analysis, January 8, 2000

By	DR. PROTAP PRAMANICK (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) - See all my reviews

The third edition of FINITE ELEMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS by Silvester & Ferrari is an excellent book. However, I am quite disappointed with the removal of the section on scattering matrix calculation and waveguide discontinuity analysis which existed (Ch.9, section 4) in the second edition of the book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard and Heavy but good, November 12, 2008

By	R. Bagula "Roger L. Bagula" (Lakeside, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Finite Elements for Electrical Engineers (Paperback)

I think that the authors don't fill in their matrices or prove some of the results may be my worst fault for this book.
The book is well written and contains most of the formulas and Fortran program you need to do this kind of analysis.
I would have like more complex plane triangles and some more higher dimensional "triangulations".
But the text has been an eye opener for me and I have a lot of study to get the results where I can really understand them.
This text is not an easy one, but the subject even over simplified would still be a very hard one. I think this is an advanced graduate text
and would give most undergrads outside of MIT nightmares.