%0 Book %1 reddy1993introduction %A Reddy, Junuthula Narasimha %B An introduction to the finite element method J. N. Reddy Hauptbd.McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering %C New York u.a. %D 1993 %I McGraw-Hill %K FEM %T An introduction to the finite element method %V Hauptbd.. %X For final year graduate and postgraduate courses in the finite element method, this book introduces the method as applied to linear, non-linear and one- and two-dimensional problems of engineering and applied sciences. It includes a step-by-step systematic approach to the formulation and analysis of differential and integral equations in variational forms. The book adopts a differential equation approach, avoiding the need for knowledge of the variational principles of solid mechanics in the development of the finite element models. The need for the weighted-integral formulation of differential equations is explained clearly, providing the student with logical reasons for the recasting of differential equations into variational form. Summary hebis %7 2. ed.