Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering

If you want to learn the basics of FEM, take this book. First half of the book is an excellent introduction to FEM. It explains nicely even the mathematical background, so you can basically "plug and play", make your first FE programs and solve the typical structural problems. But then, authors start to explain everything else regarding the linear FEM, in a very condensed way, and the book becomes very difficult to read. Exercises are nicely prepared and for their solving sufficient help can be found in the text.

This is a Great Book for a beginner to FEM and it clearlyfocusses on the method rather than vast theory.I have found thisbook extremely useful for developing the Java based FEM Software at my site...