A Finite Element Dynamics Primer - Hardcover

Hitchings, D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1874376050 ISBN 13: 9781874376057

Publisher: NAFEMS, 1992

Synopsis

This book is intended to address the problems that a practising finite element analyst might encounter when carrying out a vibration analysis. It is not intended to be a text book on dynamics, of which there are many excellent examples suggested in the bibliography. The contents are more concerned with giving practical help and advice to an analyst, both before he starts the analysis and in isolating possible problems that might occur as the analyst is being conducted. This makes the layout of the text rather different from other books on dynamics. It can be considered to consist of two sections, the first being chapter 1 and the second section being the rest of the book. Chapter 1 consists of brief notes and comments in terms of guidelines for a dynamic analysis. This can be used to remind the analyst of possible pitfalls associated with any analysis. However, dynamics are more complicated than statics and there are many more variations of the problem and solution types. All of these possible combinations means that it is impossible to give a complete list of guidelines and so the second section of the book, from chapter 2 onwards, expands the brief notes given in chapter 1. These are intended to explain to the analyst the underlying theory associated with the brief notes so that he can adapt and interpret the comments to suit his own special problem.

Edition details

• Publisher: NAFEMS
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1874376050
• ISBN 13: 9781874376057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 253