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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 624.171 EAN: 9780471356059 ISBN: 0471356050 Label: Wiley Manufacturer: Wiley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 784 Publication Date: 2001-10-17 Publisher: Wiley Studio: Wiley
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: finite element analysis Comment: this book is for those who have already acquire a working commercial version of finite element analysis program. it explains the mathematical formula instead of giving u the computer algorithm. it's almost impossible to write your own software so this book is enough to explain the concept of finite element. for example, it teaches u to spread a point load over several nodes because of a singularity problem, things that u have to know using the finite element software. for those who don't have a commerical version of finite element program, this book recommend visualfea which u can download from intuition.com. or u can buy it online from wiley.com at $35 usd. it furthur leads u to abaqus cae which is even a better finite element which is very expensive. for those who can't afford it, a student version of abaqus is available for free. Customer Rating: Summary: Good Comment: The book is very good for beginers in FEM. It doesn't go very much into details. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Comment: It explains the the hard concepts in a nice way. But the material covers the great extent of FEA. It is good for reference. Murat Surucu Customer Rating: Summary: Another student prospective Comment: The comments left are interesting in that all the people teaching from it find it useful, and all the students find it frustrating...there is a trend here! I agree that the explanations are great in detail and the content practical, but at a graduate level with minimal support from the professor and no TA available, not having examples or solutions (to the odds or evens at the very least) is infuriating. After spending close to $100 for this text, I had to go out to buy another with some problems to make it through my course. Two stars for readability, will pile the other three onto the review for my other text. If a professor recommends this book for his course, my suggestion would be to go talk to some fellow students who have already taken the course to be sure you know what you are signing up for! Customer Rating: Summary: A collection of papers at best Comment: I am a graduate student of solid mechanics and I have read quite a few books on FEA. Of all the textbooks I have read-this is clearly the worst. The authors don't spend any time to make the material coherent and organized. They seem to have published this book just for the sake of establishing their names in the field. It is basically a collection of research papers on the subject. The worst part of the book is that the authors use excessive verbiage to describe extremely inportant concepts with little or no mathematics. This leaves the readers confused and disoriented. This book is not for those looking for an introductory text and is useless to even those experienced in the field. Avoid this book. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: This book has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect developments since the third edition, with an emphasis on structural mechanics. Coverage is up-to-date without making the treatment highly specialized and mathematically difficult. Basic theory is clearly explained to the reader, while advanced techniques are left to thousands of references available, which are cited in the text.