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Figure 1.1. A diagram of the two common branches of the
general modeling solution. 2
Figure 1.2. The thermomechanical stresses in an air-cooled
turbine blade depicted. 3
Figure 1.3. The complex three-dimensional geometry of
the blade along with the combined thermal and
mechanical loadings. 3
Figure 1.4. The mathematical FEM. 5
Figure 1.5. The physical FEM. 6
Figure 1.6. A two dimensional FE model for a gear tooth. 7
Figure 1.7. Linear and nonlinear behavior of the structure. 9
Figure 1.8. Three-dimensional body. 17
Figure 1.9. Equilibrium of elemental volume. 18
Figure 1.10. (a) Plane stress (b) Plane strain. 21
Figure 1.11. Outline of an FE analysis project. 49
Figure 1.12. (a) A tapered bar loaded by axial force P,
(b) Discretization of the bar into four uniform
two-node elements of equal length. 50
Figure 1.13. Lateral midpoint displacement versus time for a
beam loaded by a pressure pulse. The material is
elastic-perfectly plastic. Plots were generated by
various users and various codes. 51