TY  - GEN
AU  - Al-Rifaie, Wail N. 
AU  - Govil, Ashok K. 
TI  - Finite element method for structural engineers
SN  - 9788122424102
U1  - 624.171 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - New Age International (P) Ltd.
KW  -  
N1  - Contents
Preface   iii
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENT METHOD     1
Chapter 2 BASIC EQUATIONS FROM LINEAR ELASTICITY  THEORY        9
References  18
Chapter3 STRUCTURAL IDEALIZATION  19
Chapter 4 METHODS OF DETERMINING STIFFNESS       27
Chapter 5 DERIVATION OF STIFFNESS PROPERTIES 40
Chapter 6 DERIVATION OF STIFFNESS PROPERTIES     76
Chapter 7 FORMULATION OF FINITE ELEMENT METHOD          109
Chapter 8APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENT METHOD       133
Appendix A MATRIX ALGEBRA        168
Appendix B REA CTIVE FORCES FOR RESTRAINED BEAM   178
Appendix C PROPERTIES OF SECTIONS           182
Appendix D SOLUTION OF SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION    186
Appendix E SI UNITS FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS     192
Appendix F BIBLIOGRAPHY         194
Appendix G COMPUTER CODES      196
Index    197





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