Finite Element Modeling with Abaqus and Python for Thermal and Stress Analysis

The goal of the present textbook is to introduce the basics of the finite element analysis for thermal
and deformation problems that can be analyzed with linear models.
In this book we focus on the following aspects of which we believe the user of finite element
analysis must have a basic understanding:
1. Understanding of the mathematical models: what are the underlying assumptions, how is the
model properly defined, what are the solutions of elementary models.
2. How is the finite element model related to the mathematical model: what is the effect of the
conversion of the continuous mathematical model to the discrete finite element model, what is
the accuracy, how to control the accuracy.
3. How to use results from finite element modeling: interpretation of results, estimation of errors,
verification and validation, proper formulation of reports.
In this respect the present textbook differs from the current popular engineering textbooks on finite
elements. The mathematics is also presented as simply as possible, so that the present textbook is
also quite different from state of the art the mathematical treatments of the finite element method.