Analysis of a Finite Element Method PDE/PROTRAN

This text can be used for two quite different purposes. It can be used as a reference book for the PDElPROTRAN user· who wishes to know more about the methods employed by PDE/PROTRAN Edition 1 (or its predecessor, TWODEPEP) in solving two-dimensional partial differential equations. However, because...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sewell, Granville
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1985, 1985
Edition:1st ed. 1985
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Partial Differential Equation Applications
  • 1.1 Energy Minimization
  • 1.2 Mass Balance
  • 1.3 Force Balance
  • 1.4 Resonance
  • 1.5 PDE/PROTRAN
  • 1.6 Exercises
  • 2. Elliptic Problems—Forming the Algebraic Equations
  • 2.1 The Galerkin Method
  • 2.2 Lagrangian Isoparametric Triangular Elements
  • 2.3 Numerical Integration
  • 2.4 Triangulation Refinement and Grading
  • 2.5 Exercises
  • 3. Elliptic Problems—Solving the Algebraic Equations
  • 3.1 The Newton-Raphson Method
  • 3.2 The Band Solver
  • 3.3 The Frontal Solver
  • 3.4 The Lanczos Solver
  • 3.5 Exercises
  • 4. Parabolic Problems
  • 4.1 The Time Discretization
  • 4.2 Stability
  • 4.3 Solving the Linear Equations
  • 4.4 Exercises
  • 5. Hyperbolic problems
  • 5.1 First Order Transport Problems
  • 5.2 Second Order Wave Problems
  • 5.3 Exercises
  • 6. Eigenvalue Problems
  • 6.1 The Rayleigh-Ritz Approximation
  • 6.2 The Inverse Power Method
  • 6.3 Exercises
  • Appendices
  • 1. Lanczos Iteration Properties
  • 2. The PROTRAN Preprocessor
  • 3. PDE/PROTRAN Keywords
  • 4. Postscript