<p>The 7<SUP>th</SUP> Edition of this influential and market-leading book delivers the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference on the basis of the FEM for engineers, applied mathematicians and computational software professionals; it is a complete reference to the basis of the FEM and to 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.</p> <p>Written by an outstanding team, this book provides the most authoritative reference to the fundamentals of the method, and covers the latest developments and approaches in this dynamic subject. It also contains detailed worked examples to reinforce understanding.</p><ul><li>Provides a comprehensive introduction to the basis of the finite element method (FEM), focusing on building the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools that successful applied finite element analysis (FEA) demands</li><li>Provides a basic treatment for linear problems whose differential equations are second order of self-adjoint and transient type and presents the various possibilities of approximation</li></ul>