The finite element method its basis and fundamentals O. C. Zienkiewicz , R. L. Taylor, J. Z. Zhu

Problemas y referencias bibliográficas, al final de cada capítulo

Apéndices e índices de autores y alfabético, al final del libro

The standard discrete system and origins of the finite element method

A direct physical approach to problems in elasticity : plane stress

Generalization of the finite element concepts. Galerkinweighted residual and variational approaches

"Standar" and "hierarchical" element shape functions : some general families of Co continuity

Mapped elements and numerical integration. "Infinite" and "singularity elements".

Problems in linear elasticity

Field problems. Heat conduction, electric and magnetic potential and fluid flow

Automatic mesh generation

The patch test, reduced integration, and nonconforming elements

Mixed formulation and constraints. Complete field methods

Incompressible problems, mixed methods and other procedures of solution

Multidomain mixed approximations. Domain decomposition and "frame" methods

Errors, recovery processes and error estimates

Adaptive finite element refinement

Pointbased and partition of unity approximations. Extended finite element methods

The time dimension. Semidiscretization of field and dynamic problems and analytical solution procedures

The time dimension. Discrete approximation in time

Coupled systems

Computer procedures for finite element analysis