Salient Features:
1. Covers several modules of elasticity, heat conduction, eigenvalue and fluid flow analysis which are necessary for a student of Mechanical Engineering.
2. Finite Element formulations have been presented using both global and natural coordinates. It is important for providing smooth transition form formulation in global coordinates to natural coordinates.
3. Special focus has been given to heat conduction problems and fluid flows which are not sufficiently discussed in other textbooks.
4. Important factors affecting the formulation have been included as Miscellaneous Topics.
5. Several examples have been worked out in order to highlight the applications of Finite Element Analysis.
New to this Edition
Apart from moderately revising the whole text three new chapters "Dynamic Analysis", "Non-linear Analysis", "Bending of Thin Plates", three appendices and short questions and answers have been added in the present edition to make it more useful.
Contents: Preface / Acknowledgements / Introduction / One-dimensional Elasticity Problems / Analysis of Truss / Analysis of Beams / Steady State Conduction Heat Transfer / Unsteady State Heat Condition / Two Dimensional Problems of Elasticity / High Order Elements / Steady, Inviscid, Incompressible Flows and Torsion Analysis / Eigenvalue Problems / Three Dimensional Elasticity Problems / Dynamic Analysis / Non-linear Analysis / Bending of Thin Plates / Miscellaneous Topics / Short Questions and Answers / Answers to Selected Problems /Appendix/ References / Index