Finite Element Programs in Structural Engineering and Continuum Mechanics

Carl T. F. Ross (Author)

9781898563280, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 January 1996

624 pages
24.4 x 17.1 x 3.4 cm, 1.23 kg

"Students and lecturers may value the computer programs for finite element analysis." --The Structural Engineer

"The programs, written in Quick Basic, utilize finite element methods to solve a variety of engineering problems from static and dynamic analysis in two and three dimensions to two-dimensional field. Recommended to upper-division undergraduates and professionals." --Choice

Bridging the gap between theoretical texts and the massive and expensive software packages, this handbook covers finite element programming in a wide range of problems in mechanical, civil, aeronautical and electrical engineering. Comprehensive, it ranges from the static analysis of two- and three-dimensional structures to stress analysis of thick slabs on elastic foundations, and from two- and three- dimensional vibration analysis problems to two-dimensional field problems including heat transfer and acoustic vibrations.

The 24 printouts of powerful and valuable engineering computer programs, written in QUICK BASIC, are introduced by a preliminary chapter giving useful hints and formulae intended for structural design. The programs are capable of analysing problems in engineering design and manufacture, with text fully describing how to use the computer programs for their particular problems or tasks. The finite element method is used in all the programs, and the problems for analysis can be of quite complex design and shape and with complex boundary conditions.

Forces in plane pin-jointed trusses
Bending moments in beams
Bending moments in rigid-jointed plane frames
Forces in pin-jointed space trusses
Static analysis of three dimensional rigid-jointed frames
Vibration of rigid-jointed space frames
Bending moments in grillages
Vibration of grillages
Slab on elastic foundation
In-plane stresses in plates
Bending stress in flat plates
Stresses in doubly-curved shells
In-plane vibrations of plates
Lateral vibrations of flat plates
Vibration of thin-walled, Doubly-curved shells
Stresses in solids
Two dimensional field problems
Solution of Helmholt’s equation
References and 24 appendices containing computer programs.

Subject Areas: Structural engineering [TNC]