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Chapter

1

Introduction

1.1 Solving Engineering Problems

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) has played an
important role in engineering design and analysis. Designers and
engineers nowadays use CAE software packages to improve their
product quality. The software packages help reducing designed
time and material consumption while increasing the product
strength and life time. Trial-and-error process, based solely on
intuition of designers and engineers, is minimized or eliminated.
Most of CAE software packages employ the finite
element and finite volume methods to provide design and analysis
solutions. These methods are based on engineering mathematics
together with the application of numerical methods. The output
numerical solutions are converted and displayed graphically so that