《A FirstCourse in the Finite Element Method》DarylL.Logan（全英文）PDF版下载

     The purpose of this fourth edition is again to provide a simple, basic approach to the
finite element method that can be understood by both undergraduate and graduate
students without the usual prerequisites (such as structural analysis) required by most
available texts in this area. The book is written primarily as a basic learning tool for the
undergraduate student in civil and mechanical engineering whose main interest is in
stress analysis and heat transfer. However, the concepts are presented in suficiently
simple form so that the book serves as a valuable learning aid for students with other
backgrounds, as well as for practicing engineers. The text is geared toward those who
want to apply the finite element method to solve practical physical problems.
      General principles are presented for each topic, followed by traditional applica-
tions of these principles, which are in turn followed by computer applications where
relevant. This approach is taken to illustrate concepts used for computer analysis of
large scale problems.
       The book proceeds from basic to advanced topics and can be suitably used in a
two-course sequence. Topics include basic treatments of (1) simple springs and bars,
leading to two- and three-dimensional truss analysis; (2) beam bending, leading to
plane frame and grid analysis and space frame analysis; (3) elementary plane stress/strain
elements, leading to more advanced plane stress/strain elements; (4) axisymmetric
stress; (5) isoparametric formulation of the finite element method; (6) three-dimensional
stress;(7) plate bending; (8) heat transfer and fuid mass transport; (9) basic
fluid mechanics; (10) thermal stress; and (11) time-dependent stress and heat transfer.
        Additional features include how to handle inclined or skewed supports, beam
element with nodal hinge, beam element arbitrarily located in space, and the concept
of substructure analysis.