Hello,
I find I must teach a course in FE method. And I would like advice on a text.
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This is what I have noticed from most texts:
Some are too mathematical. Some introduce all sorts of interpolation functions, and after wasting time, finally settle in on parametric, linear functions. Some introduce a program so powerful, that just understanding the code should be its own text.
I have my own examples. They include: brick, quad, shell, and linear/nonlinear and dynamics
What I need is a simple, direct, straightforward book.
I would like a book that does this:
1) compares the diff.eq's to integral equations (like Tom Hughes text).
2) repeats this for 2 or 3D.
3) Introduces the parametric linear functions
4) does NOT do heat transfer or elec.mag (just for the fun comparison).
I need a simple, direct, straightforward text that I can use with my own notes.
Thank you, Tom