Qing-Hua Qin, Hui Wang ... 464 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (July, 2008) ... Language: English - ASIN: B008I9VDWE by Amazon
Although the Trefftz finite element method (FEM) has become a powerful
computational tool in the analysis of plane elasticity, thin and thick
plate bending, Poisson’s equation, heat conduction, and piezoelectric
materials, there are few books that offer a comprehensive computer
programming treatment of the subject. Collecting results scattered in
the literature, MATLAB® and C Programming for Trefftz Finite Element Methods provides the detailed MATLAB® and C programming processes in applications of the Trefftz FEM to potential and elastic problems. The
book begins with an introduction to the hybrid-Trefftz (HT) FEM that
covers basic concepts and general element formulations of the method. It
then concentrates on both the essentials and subroutines of MATLAB and C
programming. The next few chapters present applications of T-elements
to potential problems and linear plane elasticity, discuss how to solve
body force in elasticity through radial basis functions, and examine how
special purpose functions can be constructed. The final chapter
explores advanced topics, such as the construction of Trefftz p-elements, dimensionless transformation, and an alternative formulation to HT FEM. Unifying
the computer programming aspects of the Trefftz FEM, this book will
stimulate the development and application of this novel method in many
facets of practical engineering.