Book description
Approaches computational engineering sciences from the
perspective of engineering applications
Uniting theory with hands-on computer practice, this book gives
readers a firm appreciation of the error mechanisms and control that
underlie discrete approximation implementations in the engineering sciences.
Key features:
- Illustrative examples include heat conduction, structural
mechanics, mechanical vibrations, heat transfer with convection and
radiation, fluid mechanics and heat and mass transport
- Takes a cross-discipline continuum mechanics viewpoint
- Includes Matlab toolbox and .m data files on a companion website,
immediately enabling hands-on computing in all covered disciplines
- Website also features eight topical lectures from the author's own
academic courses
It provides a holistic view of the topic from covering the different
engineering problems that can be solved using finite element to how
each particular method can be implemented on a computer. Computational
aspects of the method are provided on a companion website facilitating
engineering implementation in an easy way.
A. J. Baker is Professor Emeritus, Engineering Science and
Computational Engineering, The University of Tennessee, USA. He is an
elected Fellow of the International Association for Computational
Mechanics (IACM) and the US Association for Computational Mechanics
(USACM) and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
