A First Course in the Finite Element Method,   ISBN:9780534385170

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I never received the textbook. It cost me $105 and it never came in the mail. I want my money back.

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This is an Excellent product. The quality is absolutely amazing. The attention to detail is magnificent. This book is great for learning the required subject.

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It is the only finite element text that I have, it was required for my current course. It seems to do pretty well with example problems and other material. Tends to skip steps as do most higher learning textbooks, so be sure to brush up on your calculus knowledge.

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This is a good book for the students like me, who would apply FEM for their research but have no idea about FEM. Usually, we don't need to know too much detail about FEM. We only need the basic principle. That's what this book offers. Instead of complex stress-strain analysis in other FEM books, this book starts from one-dimensional truss and beam problems to two-dimensional plane stress problems. I just read half of the book and now feel very comfortable with a FEM code.

Nice book!

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A very good book for someone that has never studied this subject before. It's clearly written, and has very good practical examples. I was able to easily work the problems in the end of the chapters using the equations and examples in the text. To use this book, you need to have elementary knowledge of mechanics of materials, basic structural design, and matrices. There is a very good appendix on matrices, which helps you work through that part of FEM.