Finite Element Methods for Structures with Large Stochastic Variations

• Topical, well-written
• Encyclopaedic bibliography
• First text in an area of growing interest to engineers and scientists

Readership: Graduates of applied mathematics and engineering, and industrial researchers interested in finite element methods, and related problems

Isaac Elishakoff, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, and Yongjian Ren, DataCore Software Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

"Those who work on applications of elementary FEM and simple static stochastic structures with large stochastic variation will likely find the book a satisfactory and an informative one." - Journal of Sound and Vibration

1: Fundamentals of Finite Element Method
2: Finite Element Method for Stochastic Structures - A Review and Improvement
3: Finite Element Method for Stochastic Structures Based on Exact Inverse of Stiffness Matrix
4: FEM Based on Direct Exact Inverse of Stiffness Matrix
5: Variational Principles-Based FEM for Stochastic Beams
6: Element-Level Flexibility-Based Finite Element Method for Stochastic Structures
7: A Comparison of Stochastic and Interval Finite Elements
Biblography
Appendices