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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The subject of Finite Elements has its origins in Truss and Beam design in Civil and Mechanical design of Structures. In the next few decades it founf application in the Automotive industrt and then into Fluid Mechanucs and CFD along with Heat Transfer. Today it is an indispensable tool in Design. It is basically an energy minimisation technique.
Students should find this easy to understand as the concepts are gradually introduced without complicated mathematics. A knowledge of matrix methods would later be required.
Rahul Basu
The author has degrees from Caltech (Pasadena), Bangalore and Mysore Universities and has worked in Industry in the USA and India. At present he is living in Bangalore and devotes his time to gardening and fruit cultivation.
