The Seventh Edition of this influential and market leading book delivers the most up to date and comprehensive reference on the basis of the finite element method (FEM) for engineers, applied mathematicians and computational software professionals. The new edition is a complete reference to the basis of the FEM and to finite element analysis (FEA), covering linear elasticity and field problems in the detail required by graduate level engineers, researchers and all professional engineers involved in FEA based engineering analysis.<br><br>Written by an outstanding team including O.C. Zienkiewicz, widely recognized as one of the most influential developers of the FEM, the book provides the most authoritative reference to the fundamentals of the method, and covers the latest developments and approaches in this dynamic subject. It is supplemented by software and detailed worked examples to reinforce understanding.<ul><li>Provides a comprehensive introduction to the basis of the FEM, focusing on building the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools that successful applied FEA demands</li><li>Changes to this edition include a significant rearrangement of the presentation to enable a clearer presentation of the development of the finite element method</li><li>Six major new chapters and sections on 2-D problems, steady-state field problems, 3-D elasticity and field problems, mesh generation, electromagnetic applications, discontinuous Galerkin method, developments in meshless techniques</li></ul>