Welcome to the web site devoted to developing methods for reliable FE analyses.
The primary purpose of this web site is to provide support for readers of the book entitled A Practical Guide to Reliable Finite Element Modelling ISBN 978-0-470-01832-3 published by Wiley in 2008. It provides some background information and makes available some of the demonstration examples used in the book.
Site Map
Let's now have a brief look at what the rest of this site contains so that you know where to jump to in order to get the information you're looking for!
Home Page
The Home Page contains the basic information to assist you in understanding what you might gain by using this site.
About the Author
This page simply tells you something about the individual (i.e. me) responsible for creating the book and for this web site.
About the Book
This provides a brief description of the book and its target audience. It also lists the chapter headings
Contact & Comment
This section is for readers to make contact with the author and to offer comments on the book; these can either augment the ideas presented, critique the book or simply correct the authors errors. It provides an email address whereby contributors can make contact and offer discussion documents.
MathCad Examples
This section allows the user access to a simple 2-dimensional bar element and a 1-dimensional beam element MathCad program which can be used to create and run some of the demonstration problems found in the book. It can also be used by those giving finite element courses as a simple teaching tool
Sensitivities
The book introduces a number of techniques for assessing the sensitivity of solutions to finite element analysis problems to variations in structural properties. This section of the site gives excess to some of MathCad problems used, in the book, to illustrate the use of sensitivities to estimate the impact of errors and uncertainties on finite element solutions.