Solution Manual of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis by David V. Hutton

download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format is intended to be the text for a senior-level finite element course in engineering programs. The most appropriate major programs are civil engineering, engineering mechanics, and mechanical engineering. The finite element method is such a widely used analysis-and-design technique that it is essential that undergraduate engineering students have a basic knowledge of the theory and applications of the technique. for more solution manual in Gioumeh click here.

Toward that objective, I developed and taught an undergraduate special topics course on the finite element method at Washington State University in the summer of 1992. The course was composed of approximately two-thirds theory and one-third use of commercial software in solving finite element problems. Since that time, the course has become a regularly offered technical elective in the mechanical engineering program and is generally in high demand. During the developmental process for the course, I was never satisfied with any text that was used, and we tried many.

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I found the available download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format to be at one extreme or the other, namely, essentially no theory and all software application, or all theory and no software application. The former approach, in my opinion. represents training in using computer programs, while the latter represents graduate-level study. I have written this text to seek a middle ground. Pedagogically, I believe that training undergraduate engineering students to use a particular software package without providing knowledge of the underlying theory is a disservice to the student and can be dangerous for their future employers.

While I am acutely aware that most engineering programs have a specific finite element software package available for student use, I do not believe that the download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format the students use should be tied only to that software. Therefore, I have written this text to be software-independent. I emphasize the basic theory of the finite clement method, in a context that can bc understood by undergraduate engineering students, and leave the software-specific portions to the instructor. As the text is intended for an undergraduate course, the prerequisites required are statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and calculus through ordinary differential equations.

Of necessity, partial differential equations are introduced but in a manner that should be understood based on the stated prerequisites. Applications of the finite clement method to heat transfer and fluid mechanics are included in download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format , but the necessary derivations are such that previous coursework in those topics is not required. Many students will have taken heat transfer and fluid mechanics courses, and the instructor can expand the topics based on the students’ background.

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Chapter 1 of download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format is a general introduction to the finite element method and includes a description of the basic concept of dividing a domain into finite-size subdomains. The finite difference method is introduced for comparison to the finite element method. A general procedure in the sequence of model definition, solution, and interpretation of results is discussed and related to the generally accepted terms of preprocessing, solution, and postprocessing. A brief history of the finite element method is included, as are a few examples illustrating application of the method.

Chapter 2 of download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format introduces the concept of a finite clement stiffness matrix and associated displacement equation, in terms of interpolation functions, using the linear spring as a finite element. The linear spring is known to most undergraduate students so the mechanics should not be new. However, representation of the spring as a finite element is new but provides a simple, concise example of the finite element method. The premise of spring element formulation is extended to the bar element, and energy methods are introduced. The first theorem of Castigliano is applied, as is the principle of minimum potential energy. Castigliano’s theorem is a simple method to introduce the undergraduate student to minimum principles without use of variationally calculus.

Chapter 3 of download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format uses the bar element of Chapter 2 to illustrate assembly of global equilibrium equations for a structure composed of many finite elements. Trans- formation from clement coordinates to global coordinates is developed and illustrated with both two- and three-dimensional examples. The direct stiffness method is utilized and two methods for global matrix assembly are presented.

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Use of the basic displacement solution to obtain element strain and stress is shown as a postprocessing operation. Chapter 4 introduces the beam/flexure element as a bridge to continuity requirements for higher-order elements. Slope continuity is introduced and this requires an adjustment to the assumed interpolation functions to insure continuity. Nodal load vectors are discussed in the context of discrete and distributed loads, using the method of work equivalence. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format introduce the basic procedures of finite-element modeling in the context of simple structural elements that should be well-known to the student from the prerequisite mechanics of materials course.

Thus the emphasis in the early part of the course in which the text is used can be on the finite element method without introduction of new physical concepts. The bar and beam elements can be used to give the student practical truss and frame problems for solution using available finite clement software. If the instructor is so inclined, the bar and beam elements (in the two-dimensional context) also provide a relatively simple framework for student development of finite clement software using basic programming languages. Chapter 5 of download free Solution Manual (solutions ) of Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis 1st edition by Hutton book in pdf format is the springboard to more advanced concepts of finite element analysis.

The method of weighted residuals is introduced as the fundamental technique used in the remainder of the text. The Galerkin method is utilized exclusively since I have found this method is both understandable for under- graduate students and is amenable to a wide range of engineering problems. The material in this chapter repeats the bar and beam developments and extends the finite element concept to one dimensional heat transfer.