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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This book has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect developments since the third edition, with an emphasis on structural mechanics. Coverage is up-to-date without making the treatment highly specialized and mathematically difficult. Basic theory is clearly explained to the reader, while advanced techniques are left to thousands of references available, which are cited in the text. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Robert D. Cook | | Hardcover: | 784 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | October 17, 2001 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0471356050 | | Product Length: | 7.28 inches | | Product Width: | 1.17 inches | | Product Height: | 9.86 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.92 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.9 inches | | Package Width: | 7.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 20 reviews |
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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 A collection of papers at best Jun 16, 2006
By Rohan G C
I am a graduate student of solid mechanics and I have read quite a few books on FEA. Of all the textbooks I have read-this is clearly the worst. The authors don't spend any time to make the material coherent and organized. They seem to have published this book just for the sake of establishing their names in the field. It is basically a collection of research papers on the subject. The worst part of the book is that the authors use excessive verbiage to describe extremely inportant concepts with little or no mathematics. This leaves the readers confused and disoriented. This book is not for those looking for an introductory text and is useless to even those experienced in the field. Avoid this book.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Another student prospective May 29, 2007
By busy_girl
The comments left are interesting in that all the people teaching from it find it useful, and all the students find it frustrating...there is a trend here!
I agree that the explanations are great in detail and the content practical, but at a graduate level with minimal support from the professor and no TA available, not having examples or solutions (to the odds or evens at the very least) is infuriating. After spending close to $100 for this text, I had to go out to buy another with some problems to make it through my course. Two stars for readability, will pile the other three onto the review for my other text.
If a professor recommends this book for his course, my suggestion would be to go talk to some fellow students who have already taken the course to be sure you know what you are signing up for!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent as a reference as well as a text book Sep 08, 2003
This book covers most of the essential topics in finite element method. Various concepts of the method are well explained in detail, and many practical topics useful for practitioners are presented in this book. I am teaching the finite element method using this book at a graduate course. It is an excellent text book for both students and lecturers. Well organized and abundant contents!
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Excellent book Dec 20, 1999
By M. A. Adnan
I think this is one of the best books on FE. It is written from the point of view of an engineer and avoids unnecessary mathematics. The concepts are explained very clearly and there is a fair number of solved examples in each chapter.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Adequate at best May 03, 2010
By Hamid Mahmoodi
"peja"
I really tried to learn the finite element method by reading this book in great detail and is why I bought this book for an introduction Finite Element class. The organization and notation of symbols of the book was very odd, and therefore made it hard to read. Rather than talking about the theory first, the authors first state the equations, and then talk about "remarks" on the equations and underlying theory. The book contains very easy and introductory examples and problems, not practical examples that would help in the computer implementation of finite elements. For example, the book does not contain any examples on how to compute the stresses and strains from interconnected finite elements (which would help greatly when you want to write your own finite element program). Overall, a very confusing and brief presentation of the topics. I would not recommend this book.
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