A First Course in Finite Elements

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“…Since then, the use of computational tools in design has been intensified. This has a lot to do with the fact that research progress in the Finite Element Method (FEM) and computer graphics coincided with the rapid growth of computer power (FISH; BELYTSCHKO, 2007).…”

“…For accomplishing their work, structural engineers may use many different calculation methods, but one of the most common is the FEM. Fish and Belytschko (2007) define FEM as a numerical approach for solving partial differential equations that describe many physical phenomena in engineering and science. In structural engineering, FEM is applied through FEA, generally via commercial software.…”

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“…for any test function w ∈ W 1,2 0 ( ). We will now derive the finite element formulation based on the methods presented by Fish and Belytschko [2007]. We first notice that we can split up our integral as a sum of the integrals over the individual element domains e :…”