Preface.- List of Problems Solved.- Introduction: Concept.- Nodes.- Elements.- Direct Approach.- Linear Spring.- Heat Flow.

- Assembly of the Global System of Equations.- Solution of the Global System of Equations.- Boundary Conditions.- Fundamentals Of ANSYS®: Useful Definitions.- Before an ANSYS® Session.- Analysis Discipline.- Time Dependence.- Nonlinearity.

- Practical Modeling Considerations.- Organization of ANSYS® Software.- ANSYS® Analysis Approach.- ANSYS® Preprocessor.- ANSYS® Solution Processor.- ANSYS® General Postprocessor.- ANSYS® Time History Postprocessor.- ANSYS® File Structure.

- Database File.- Log File.- Error File.- Results Files.- Description of ANSYS® Menus and Windows.- Utility Menu.- Main Menu.- Toolbar.

- Input Field.- Graphics Window.- Output Window.- Using the ANSYS® Help System.- Help Contents.- Help Index.- Search in Help.- Verification Manual.

- Fundamentals of Discretization: Local and Global Numbering.- Approximation Functions.- Coordinate Systems.- Generalized Coordinates.- Global Coordinates.- Local Coordinates.- Natural Coordinates.- Shape Functions.

- Linear Line Element with Two Nodes.- Quadratic Line Element with Three Nodes: Centroidal Coordinate.- Linear Triangular Element with Three Nodes: Global Coordinate.- Quadratic Triangular Element with Six Nodes.- Linear Quadrilateral Element with Four Nodes: Centroidal Coordinate.- Isoparametric Elements: Curved Boundaries.- Numerical Evaluation of Integrals.- Line Integrals.

- Triangular Area Integrals.- Quadrilateral Area Integrals.- Problems.- ANSYS® Preprocessor: Fundamentals of Modeling.- Modeling Operations.- Title.- Elements.- Real Constants.

- Material Properties.- Element Attributes.- Interaction with the Graphics Window: Picking Entities.- Coordinate Systems.- Working Plane.- Solid Modeling.- Bottom-up Approach: Entities.- Top-down Approach: Primitives.

- Boolean Operators.- Adding .- Subtracting.- Overlap.- Gluing.- Dividing.- Additional Operations.- Extrusion and Sweeping.

- Moving and Copying.- Keeping/Deleting Original Entities.- Listing Entities.- Deleting Entities.- Viewing a Model.- Plotting: Pan, Zoom, and Rotate Functions.- Plotting/Listing Entities.- Numbers in the Graphics Window.

- Meshing.- Automatic Meshing.- Manipulation of the Mesh.- Selecting and Components.- Selecting Operations.- Components.- ANSYS® Solution And Postprocessing: Overview.- Solution.

- Analysis Options/Solution Controls.- Boundary Conditions.- Initial Conditions.- Body Loads.- Solution in Single and Multiple Load Steps.- Failure to Obtain Solution.- Postprocessing.- General Postprocessor.

- Time History Postprocessor.- Read Results.- Plot Results.- Element Tables.- List Results.- Example: One-dimensional Transient Heat Transfer.- Finite Element Equations: Method of Weighted Residuals.-Example: One-dimensional Differential.

- Equation with Line Elements.- Example: Two-dimensional Differential.- Equation with Linear Triangular Elements.- Example: Two-dimensional Differential Equation with Linear Quadrilateral Elements.- Principle of Minimum Potential Energy.- Example: One-dimensional Analysis with Line Elements.- Two-dimensional Structural Analysis.- Problems.

- Use of Commands in ANSYS®: Basic ANSYS® Commands.- Operators and Functions.- Defining Parameters.- A Typical Input File.- Selecting Operations.-Extracting Information from ANSYS®.- Programming with ANSYS®.- DO Loops.

- IF Statements.- /OUTPUT and *VWRITE Commands.- Macro Files.- Useful Resources.- Using the Log File for Programming.- Using the Verification Problems for Programming.- Linear Structural Analysis: Static Analysis.- Trusses.

- Beams.- Three-dimensional Problems.- .- Plates and Shells.- Linear Buckling Analysis.- Thermomechanical Analysis.- Fracture Mechanics Analysis.- Dynamic Analysis.

- Modal Analysis.- Harmonic Analysis.- Transient Analysis.- Linear Analysis of Field Problems: Heat Transfer Problems.- Steady-state Analysis.- Transient Analysis.- Radiation Analysis.- Moisture Diffus.