Thisbookisacomprehensiveandeasytounderstandworkbook.Itutilizesstep-by-stepinstructionstohelpguidereaderstolearnfiniteelementsimulations.Twentysevencasestudiesareusedthroughoutthebook.Manyofthesecasesareindustrialorresearchprojectsthereaderbuildsfromscratch.AnaccompanyingDVDcontainsallthefilesreadersmayneediftheyhavetrouble.Relevantbackgroundknowledgeisreviewedwhenevernecessary.Tobeefficient,thereviewisconceptualratherthanmathematical,short,yetcomprehensive.Keyconceptsareinsertedwheneverappropriateandsummarizedattheendofeachchapter.Additionalexercisesorextensionresearchproblemsareprovidedashomeworkattheendofeachchapter.


本書特色
1.Comprehensive.Thebookcoversextensiveaspectsoffiniteelementsimulations:geometrymodelingandmeshing;2Dand3D;solidmodels,surfacemodels,andlinemodels;staticanddynamic;implicitandexplicit;linearandnonlinear;contactandmaterialnonlinearities;designoptimization,etc.
2.User-Friendly.Itusesstep-by-stepinstructionstoguidereaderslearningfiniteelementsimulations.Ithasbeentriedoutontheauthor''sclassroomandprovedtobeuser-friendly.
3.Real-WorldCases.Totally27casesareusedin45hands-onexercises,eachconstitutesasectionofachapter;manyofthecasesareindustrialorresearchprojects.TheyarenottoocomplicatedsostudentscanbuildfromscratchandperformthesimulationsinanacademicteachingversionofANSYSWorkbench15.
4.BackgroundKnowledge.Backgroundknowledgeisprovidedwhenevernecessary.Tobeefficient,theteachingmethodsareconceptualratherthanmathematical,short,yetcomprehensive.Thelastfourchapterscovermoreadvancedtopics:structuraldynamics,nonlinearsimulations,nonlinearmaterials,andexplicitdynamics;eachchapterbeginsasectionthatgivesthebasicsofthattopicinauniqueandefficientteachingapproachtofacilitatethesubsequentlearning.
5.LearnbyHands-on.Alearningapproachemphasizinghands-onexperiencespreadsthroughtheentirebook.Atypicalchapterconsistsof6sections.Thefirsttwosectionsprovidetwostep-by-stepexamples.Thethirdsectiontriestocomplementtheexercisesbyprovidingamoresystematicviewofthechaptersubject.Thefollowingtwosectionsprovidemoreexercises.Thefinalsectionprovidesreviewproblems.
6.DemoVideos.Eachstep-by-stepexerciseisdemonstratedwithhigh-definitionvideos.
7.CompanionWebpage.Theauthormaintainsawebpagecontainingresourcessuchasdemovideosandfinishedprojectfiles:http://myweb.ncku.edu.tw/~hhlee/Myweb_at_NCKU/ANSYS15.html
8.CompanionDVD.Tosavedownloadingtime,eachhardcopyofthebookcomeswithacompanionDVDcontainingalltheresourcesinthecompanionwebpage.