Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Finite elements in one dimension
- 2 First-order triangular elements for potential problems
- 3 Electromagnetics of finite elements
- 4 Simplex elements for the scalar Helmholtz equation
- 5 Differential operators in ferromagnetic materials
- 6 Finite elements for integral operators
- 7 Curvilinear, vectorial and unbounded elements
- 8 Time and frequency domain problems in bounded systems
- 9 Unbounded radiation and scattering
- 10 Numerical solution of finite element equations
- Appendix 1 Calculations on simplex elements
- Appendix 2 Integration by parts, Green's theorems and Green's functions
- Appendix 3 Simplex element tables
- Appendix 4 Utility programs and style notes
- Appendix 5 Laboratory problems and exercises
- Index
Preface to the third edition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Finite elements in one dimension
- 2 First-order triangular elements for potential problems
- 3 Electromagnetics of finite elements
- 4 Simplex elements for the scalar Helmholtz equation
- 5 Differential operators in ferromagnetic materials
- 6 Finite elements for integral operators
- 7 Curvilinear, vectorial and unbounded elements
- 8 Time and frequency domain problems in bounded systems
- 9 Unbounded radiation and scattering
- 10 Numerical solution of finite element equations
- Appendix 1 Calculations on simplex elements
- Appendix 2 Integration by parts, Green's theorems and Green's functions
- Appendix 3 Simplex element tables
- Appendix 4 Utility programs and style notes
- Appendix 5 Laboratory problems and exercises
- Index
Summary
Six years have passed since the second edition of this book was published. In the meantime, it has been joined by other books that deal with electrical applications of finite elements, and many more specialities within electrical engineering have espoused the finite element method in that time. In the well-established application areas, topics at the advanced research forefront then have now become routine industrial practice. A new edition must therefore cover a larger span of material and cover it more extensively. This book is therefore about half again as large as the second edition. Readers acquainted with the earlier edition will find the text enhanced by new applications, new mathematical methods, and new illustrations of programming techniques.
Although a wide selection of commercial finite element programs has become available in the past decade, the range of finite element applications in electrical engineering has grown at least equally fast. Interest in the creation of sophisticated special-purpose programs has thus not slackened, on the contrary it has grown rapidly as commercial programs have taken over the more routine tasks. To answer the needs of this more demanding audience, the authors have not only broadened the range of material included in this volume, but widened its scope to include topics a bit closer to current or recent research than in past editions.
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- Finite Elements for Electrical Engineers , pp. xviiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996