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1998 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Finite elements introduced as bars forming a truss

Authors : David Henwood, Javier Bonet

Published in: Finite Elements

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

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Trusses are well known in engineering. In the process of solving for the displacements and stresses in bar members which make up these structures, some of the basic ideas of finite elements arise naturally. Because of this, the analysis of a simple truss will be used to introduce the method. The relevant ideas are:

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Title
Finite elements introduced as bars forming a truss
Authors
David Henwood
Javier Bonet
Copyright Year
1998
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Book
Finite Elements

Print ISBN: 978-0-333-64626-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-13898-2

Copyright Year: 1998

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13898-2_1

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