Publisher's Synopsis
This revision extends the first edition into the area of isoparametric elements. As before, the book offers the key to the finite element method in structural mechanics by reforming the known techniques into the stiffness method of solution.;Various two-dimensional structures are analyzed and five of the main chapters have the appropriate self-contained computer programs. The programs are written in BASIC and suitable for running on IBM or equivalent personal computers. All chapters with programs have output from sample solutions. Machine dependence is kept to a minimum. This new edition builds on the pin-jointed and beam elements and the simple continuum plane stress/strain and plate bending elements and takes the reader methodically into the theory behind isoparametric elements.;This book should appeal to undergraduates and professionals in mechanical engineering and advanced undergraduates and practitioners in civil and structural engineering.
