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Fields of Physics by Finite Element Analysis, An Introduction

       by Gunnar Backstrom, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden

       http://www.phys.umu.se/gunnar/

This book, which so far is unique in the world literature, illustrates various fields of physics by FEA, exploiting the convenient features of FlexPDE.  In order to profit from this approach to the understanding of fields you should type the problem descriptors yourself, run them, modify them, and consider how the results compare and connect to theory. The diskette comprises the program and a selection of examples from the book, which you can run directly and even modify by trying different values in the Definitions section. Those examples will provide the flavor of the book.You can also solve problems of your own, but the number of nodes will be restricted.

Plotting               

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Graphical Facilities:                                Func2 .pde

"Curly" Velocity Fields:                        Curl1.pde

Harmonic Functions (Optional)          

Fields of Gravitation:                                Grav2.pde  

Electricity

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Electric Point Charges:                        Elec4.pde  

Laplace and Poisson Equations:                Lapl.pde

Electrostatic Fields in (x,y) Space:                Ele2.pde 

Electrical Conduction:                        Cond3.pde 

Dielectrics in (x,y) Space:                        Elec12.pde 

Steady Fields in (r,z) Space:                        Elax4.pde

Electrostatic Force and Energy:                Elec14a.pde

Magnetism

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Magnetostatics in (x,y) Space:                Magn2.pde 

Magnetostatics in (r,z) Space:                Magnax2.pde

Heat           

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Heat Conduction in (x,y) Space:                Heat1.pde  

Steady Heat Conduction in (r,z) Space:                Heatax4.pde

Non-Linear Conduction:                        Heatnl1.pde

Simultaneous Electro-Thermal Conduction:                Heats2.pde 

Transient Problems in One Space Dimension:                Heatr3.pde

Transient Problems in (x,y) and (r,z) Space:                Heatr12.pde

Time-Sinusoidal Problems:                        Wave1.pde