Suggested Reading: revised Mar. 23, 2009

1. Lecture notations (JEA) 1/6/09 pdf

2. Some history and concepts of FEA (JEA) 1/8/07 pdf

3. Diffusion models boundary conditions 2/5/09 pdf

4. Maple classic cubic beam derivation 2/11/09 pdf

5. Maple 5-th degree beam derivation 2/11/09/07 pdf

6. Cubic beam on elastic foundation, Matlab exampmle 2/16/09 pdf

7. Analytic solutions via element matrices 2/18/09 pdf

8. Two beams constrained by a pin connection 3/01/09 pdf

9. Plane stress script applied to a curved beam 3/23/09 pdf

10. Conduction (elliptical PDE) with singulatities 3/31/09 pdf

11. Closed form linear triangle (T3) algebra 3/31/09 pdf

12. Cubic Beam on Elastic Foundation Matrices 4/16/09 pdf

13. Effect of pre-stress on stability 4/16/09 pdf

14. Buckling Factor concept 4/16/09 pdf