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Finite element method

Submitted by Ravichand on

Dear all,

               I have a great intrest towards structures static analysis but the thing is i dont know FEM.I want to learn FEM from basics.it will be very help full for me if any body can suggest a book or provide me wid some softdata.please send me link or attachment to maruthir [at] infotechsw.com (maruthir[at]infotechsw[dot]com).

Thanking u,

Ravichand

Hi,

I reckon that you work in a consultancy environment. The best is to solver simple mechanics problems such as truss structures, spring networks on hand (or use MathCAD). I used to refer to commercial software THEORY Manuals (ANSYS, NASTRAN and ABAQUS are good) and apply my foundation.

When comes to FEM the principals of solving the equations are similar. The basic thing to know is the ELEMENT formulation and its DOF (also order and plane stress/strain).

Regards,

Vijay 

Tue, 12/30/2008 - 23:58 Permalink