An Introduction to the Finite Element Method for Differential Equations. Mohammad Asadzadeh
3. Exercise Section 3.8 Chapter 4. Exercise Section 4.3 Chapter 5. Exercise Section 5.4 Chapter 6. Exercise Section 6.7 Chapter 7. Exercise Section 7.2.3 Chapter 7. Exercise Section 7.3.3 Chapter 9. Poisson Equation. Exercise Section 9.4 Chapter 10. IBVPs: Exercise Section 10.3
15 Appendind B: Appendind BAlgorithms and Matlab CodesAlgorithms and Matlab Codes B.1 A Matlab Code to Compute the Mass Matrix M for a Nonuniform Mesh B.2 Matlab Routine to Compute the L2‐Projection B.3 A Matlab Routine Assembling the Stiffness Matrix B.4 A Matlab Routine to Assemble the Convection Matrix B.5 Matlab Routine for Forward‐, Backward‐Euler, and Crank–Nicolson B.6 A Matlab Routine for Mass‐Matrix in 2d B.7 A Matlab Routine for a Poisson Assembler in 2d
16 Appendix C: Appendix CSample AssignmentsSample Assignments C.1 Assignment 1 C.2 Assignment 2
17 Appendix D: Appendix DSymbolsSymbols D.1 Table of Symbols
18 Bibliography
19 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Some one‐dimensional finite elements.Table 8.2 Some two‐dimensional finite elements with triangular elements.Table 8.3 Some two‐dimensional finite elements with quadrilateral elements.Table 8.4 Some three‐dimensional finite elements with tetrahedron elements.
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Tricomi equation: an example of a variable coefficient classifica...Figure 1.2 Outward unit normal at a point .Figure 1.3 A heat‐conducting one‐dimensional wire.Figure 1.4 A vibrating string.
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 The hat function
over the interval .Figure 2.2 Illustrating the existence of a unique solution for (V) and (M)....3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Linear Lagrange basis functions for
.Figure 3.2 The linear interpolant on a single interval.Figure 3.3 An example of a function in .Figure 3.4 A general piecewise linear basis function .Figure 3.5 A partition of .Figure 3.6 Piecewise linear basis functions.Figure 3.7 and Figure 3.8 and .Figure 3.9 (a) Linear interpolation and (b) basis functions for .Figure 3.10 Linear Lagrange basis functions for .Figure 3.11 Piecewise linear interpolant of .Figure 3.12 Linear Lagrange basis functions for on subinterval .Figure 3.13 Example of a projection onto .Figure 3.14 An example of a function and its projection in .Figure 3.15 Midpoint approximation of the integral .Figure 3.16 Trapezoidal approximation of the integral .Figure 3.17 Simpson's rule approximation of the integral .Figure 3.18 Identification of subintervals for composite Simpson's rule.Figure 3.19 Coefficients for composite Simpson's rule.4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 A partition of
into nonuniform subintervals.Figure 5.2 The basis functions .Figure 5.3 , and .Figure