FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
APPLICATIONS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Edited by Farzad Ebrahimi
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS – APPLICATIONS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Edited by Farzad Ebrahimi
Finite Element Analysis – Applications in Mechanical Engineering http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/ 3249 Edited by Farzad Ebrahimi Contributors Jamal Samir, Jamal Echaabi, Mohamed Hattabi, Antonis P. Papadakis, A. Ghorbanpour Arani, R. Kolahchi, A. A. Mosalaei Barzoki, A. Loghman, F. Ebrahimi, Khosrow Ghavami, Mohammad Reza Khedmati, B.H. Wu, Mrityunjay R. Doddamani, Satyabodh M Kulkarni, Samia Dridi, Koji Hasegawa, Takao Shimada, Giovanni Leonardi, Michele Buonsanti, Ahmad Ivan Karayan, Deni Ferdian, Sri Harjanto, Dwi Marta Nurjaya, Ahmad Ashari, Homero Castaneda, P.H. Darji, D.P. Vakharia, Toshihiro Saito, Jairo A. Martins, István Kövesdy, Shinobu Sakai, Hitoshi Nakayama, YongAn Huang, Xiaoming Zhang, Youlun Xiong, Ali Najafi, Masoud Rais-Rohani
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Contents Preface IX Section 1
Applications of FEA in “Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”
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Chapter 1
Control Volume Finite Element Methods for Flow in Porous Media: Resin Transfer Molding 3 Jamal Samir, Jamal Echaabi and Mohamed Hattabi
Chapter 2
Electromagnetic and Fluid Analysis of Collisional Plasmas 31 Antonis P. Papadakis
Section 2
Applications of FEA in “Structural Mechanics and Composite Materials”
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Chapter 3
Finite Element Analysis of Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Spheres 65 A. Ghorbanpour Arani, R. Kolahchi, A. A. Mosalaei Barzoki, A. Loghman and F. Ebrahimi
Chapter 4
Nonlinear Large Deflection Analysis of Stiffened Plates Khosrow Ghavami and Mohammad Reza Khedmati
Chapter 5
3D Nonlinear Finite Element Plastic Analysis of Cylindrical Vessels Under In-Plane Moment 115 B.H. Wu
Chapter 6
Flexural Behavior of Functionally Graded Sandwich Composite 131 Mrityunjay R. Doddamani and Satyabodh M Kulkarni
Chapter 7
Finite Element Analysis of Bias Extension Test of Dry Woven 155 Samia Dridi
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