The materials in this book are good for teaching undergraduate FEA courses in

engineering
to students who need a general background in the FEA so that they can apply FEA in
their design and analysis of structures using ANSYS Workbench or other FEA
software.
Presentations of FEA theories and formulations in the book are kept to a minimum,
aimed
solely for readers to understand the behaviors of the various elements and FEA
solutions.
Emphases are placed on the techniques in FEA modeling and simulation, such as in
building
a quality FEA mesh, verifying the results, and employing the symmetry of a
structure.
The book includes 12 chapters and can be used for an undergraduate FEA course in
one semester (15 weeks with three 50-minute sessions each week) or in two quarters
(10
weeks per quarter with three 50-minute sessions each week). It is recommended that
computer
lab sessions on using ANSYS Workbench be arranged for each chapter. Case studies
included in the book provide step-by-step instructions on solving a variety of
problems of
moderate size and level of sophistication in ANSYS Workbench, and can be covered in
the
lab sessions. Modeling tips are available in the case studies wherever applicable
to give
students an immediate opportunity to use the skills they learn in a problem-solving
context.
Homework problems and projects using ANSYS Workbench software are provided at
the end of each chapter.
The Solutions Manual contains solutions to all end-of-chapter problems. The manual
features a compact presentation of solutions for over 100 problems. Each end-of-
chapter
problem that requires the use of an FEA tool is solved in ANSYS Workbench. For such
a problem, the Workbench solution, which contains crucial properties such as
geometry,
material, mesh, boundary conditions, and simulation results, is saved using a
Workbench
project file (.wbpj) as well as a project folder that contains the supporting files
for the
Workbench project. The Solutions Manual, along with the Workbench solution files
for
over 80 end-of-chapter simulation problems, is available to instructors from CRC
Press.
Microsoft PowerPoint slides for each chapter are provided to instructors using this
book.
In addition, Workbench files for the case studies are available to instructors for
use in lectures
or computer lab sessions. The additional material is available from the CRC
website:
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439873847.