Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis – Robert Cook – 4th Edition

Introduction

One-Dimensional Elements, Computational Procedures

Basic Elements

Formulation Techniques: Variational Methods

Formulation Techniques: Galerkin and Other Weighted Residual Methods

Isoparametric Elements

Isoparametric Triangles and Tetrahedra

Coordinate Transformation and Selected Analysis Options

Error, Error Estimation, and Convergence

Modeling Considerations and Software Use

Finite Elements in Structural Dynamics and Vibrations

Heat Transfer and Selected Fluid Problems

Constaints: Penalty Forms, Locking, and Constraint Counting

Solid of Revolution

Plate Bending

Shells

Nonlinearity: An Introduction

Stress Stiffness and Buckling

Appendix A: Matrices: Selected Definition and Manipulations

Appendix B: Simultaneous Algebraic Equations

Appendix C: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors