Finite Element Primer for Beginners

 The purpose of this primer is to provide the basics of the Finite Element Method, primarily illustrated through a classical model problem, linearized elasticity. The topics covered are:

 

•  Weighted residual methods and Galerkin approximations,

•  A model problem for one-dimensional linear elastostatics,

•  Weak formulations in one dimension,

•  Minimum principles in one dimension,

•  Error estimation...