"In the present edition we retain the three volume format of the fifth edition but have decided not to pursue the course of having three contiguous volumes -- rather we treat the whole work as an assembly of three separate works, each one capable of being used without the others ... The first volume is renamed The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals ... In [the second] volume we consider more advanced problems in solid and structural mechanics while in a third volume we consider applications in fluid dynamics"--Pref.

Previous ed. published as: The finite element method. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.