Fundamental Finite Element Analysis and Applications: With Mathematica and MATLAB Computations

*Finite Element Analysis with Mathematica and Matlab Computations and Practical Applications is an innovative, hands-on and practical introduction to the Finite Element Method that provides a powerful tool for learning this essential analytic method.

*Support website (www.wiley.com/go/bhatti) includes complete sets of Mathematica and Matlab implementations for all examples presented in the text. Also included on the site are problems designed for self-directed labs using commercial FEA software packages ANSYS and ABAQUS.

*Offers a practical and hands-on approach while providing a solid theoretical foundation.

Bhatti (civil engineering, University of Iowa) presents the finite element method as a fairly straightforward extension of the classical weighted residual and the Rayleigh-Ritz methods for approximate solution of differential equations. Intended for senior and first-year graduate students, the textbook implements applications from heat flow, stress analysis, fluid flow, and analysis of structural frameworks in the form of interactive Mathematic notebooks and Matlab code. An appendix provides instructions for using the ANSYS and ABAQUS commercial finite element programs. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

M. Asghar Bhatti, Phd, is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Iowa, Iowa City.