中图分类法:	O241 版次：
著者:	Dow, John O.,
题名:	A concise overview of the finite element method / ,
载体形态:	xxi, 194 pages illustrations 23 cm
内容提要:	This is the third book in a series designed to make the finite element method and adaptive refinement more accessible. The first book, A Unified Approach to the Finite Element Method and Error Analysis Procedures, laid the theoretical background for simplifying and extending the finite element and finite difference methods by introducing the use of a physically interpretable notation. This notation simplifies and extends computational mechanics by reversing the usual mathematical approach of abstracting the notation used in the development. By introducing variables that represent rigid body motions and strain quantities, the modeling capabilities of individual elements and the solution algorithms can be evaluated for accuracy by visual inspection. The second book, The Essentials of Finite Element Modeling and Adaptive Refinement, demonstrated the validity of the derivations contained in the first book and extended the simplification of element formulation and improved the error measures. This book, as its title indicates, pr