Books that are a must read if you perform FEA Analysis or CFD

Hello, I've decided to give you a few links to some very useful Finite Element and CFD books. It's always a good idea to read the theory and try to understand it. Most of this books have basic knowledge and can give you the know-how if you read them carefully.

• Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Evgeny Barkanov Link to PDF

• Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures - Linear Analysis Link to PDF

• Finite Element Analysis of Structures, Ivan Nemec Link to PDF

• A Gentle Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Francisco–Javier Sayas Link to PDF

• The FEMCI Book (NASA) - Large Database of articles Link to Website

• An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (Finite Volume Method), H.K. Versteeg Link to PDF

• An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, Dimitri Kuzmin Link to Presentation

• Introduction to Computational Fluid Dyamics, Anil W. Date Link to PDF

Of course, after you get the basics, you could go deeper and read something more specific, because you will be able to find stuff you are interested more easy, by knowing what to search.

I remember my teacher told us at a lecture, that in FEA the most important role is the Engineer (the operator), because the all software have aproximately the same capabilities.

I will write and present you facts while using ANSYS Workbench 16.2. This is the software I use, including the modules: Static Structural, Modal, Harmonic Response and CFX Flow.

All the best, Dan.

Welcome to my FEA-CFD Blog !!

I just want to thank you for entering the blog about my journey as a Mechanical Engineer (currently specializing in the Finite Element Method and Computational Fluid Dynamics).

I consider it a journey because it really is one hell of a journey. Probably many of you know and understand what is like to get a job and start from scratch in this field. This is the reason I want to start writing about it, to let you know the problems I encountered and how I managed to solve them, if I finally did. You all now Finite Element Analysis is a pain in the ass sometimes, not to mention Computational Fluid Dynamics, but hey, we all have to start somewhere.

I'm going to (try at least) write articles that we never find on the world wide web, for example: "This is how I solved my convergence issues", or maybe "This is the difference between a correct structural simulation and a simulation that failed".

It is going to be hard, probably because I'm not a good writer and English is not my best spoken language, hehe, but hopefully this Blog will become interesting for some of you, and that's the only thing I want.

I will try to post 2 articles a week, as a first schedule.

Feel free to contact me anytime you have questions, requests or maybe want a collaboration. 

Dan.