Introduction to Finite and Spectral Element Methods
using Matlab
C Pozrikidis
Taylor & Francis/CRC, 2005
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Why this book?
Several hundred of books on finite element methods are available. This book is unique in several ways:
- Finite and element and spectral element methods are discussed.
- The methods are developed in the broad context of ordinary and partial differential equations.
- Applications and implentations are discussed for Laplace, Helmholtz, Stokes, Navier-Stokes, elasticity, structural mechanics and other problems.
- Emphasis is placed on essential algorithms and computer implementation.
- Practical computational experience is offered with the FSELIB library -a free library of MATLAB functions and codes.
- Self-sufficient grid-generation modules are provided.
- A concise MATLAB primer is given in an Appendix.