
Finite Element Method (source
files under directory "fe/")
Preliminary : 2nd-order
& 4th-order, Nonlinear ODEs / Transient / Matrix Substructuring
(1-D Elements: Linear Line, Quadratic Line, Axisymmetrical
cylindrical. Formulations: Irreducible, Mixed, Lagrangian
multiplier, Penalty Function, Galerkin, Least Squares)
Primer: Heat Conduction / Potential Flow / Elasticity
/ Stokes Flow / Plate Bending
(2-D Elements: Triangular, bilinear, 4-to-9 nodes
Lagragian, Formulations: B-Matrix
(strain-displacement matrix), Indicial Notation (in l-m), Coordinat-Free
Tensorial Notation, Post-processing:
Nodal Reaction, Stress & Strain on both Gauss Point and Nodal Projection,
Selective Reduced Integrations: Shear-Locking &
Dilatation-Locking, Patch Test: Consistency, Stability,
Weak, Higher-Order, and Conforming/Non-conforming Elements)
Advanced: Mixed & Hybrid Methods / Contact
Mechanics / Finite Elastoplastic Deformation
(Mixed Methods: Helliger-Reissner / Hu-Washizu
Variational Principles, Incompressible u-p & Incompressible u-p-ev
Formulations, B Formulations, Hourglass
Elements, Hybrid Methods: Irreducible Subdomain,
Pian-Sumihara Element, Reissner-Mindlin Plate Theory: q-w irreducible and q-S-w Mixed
Formulations, Contact Mechanics: Mixed
Formulation, Contact Searching Algorithm, Elastoplasticity: Incremental
Loading alogrithm, Radial Return Mapping alogrithm, Finite Deformation:
Finite Stress-Strain Measures, Multiplicative Elastoplastic Decomposition,
Covariant Algorithm)

Begin Downloading
Finite Element Methods application
examples (fe.exe; 225 KB self-extracting zip file).

View "Chapter 4. Finite Element Method Primer",
or "Chapter 5. Advanced Finite Element Methods"
in "Workbook of Application in VectorSpace C++ Library".