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Finite‐Element Method for Water‐Distribution Networks
Author(s) -
Collins Anthony G.,
Johnson Robert L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1975.tb02248.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , finite element method , smoothed finite element method , extended finite element method , mixed finite element method , boundary element method , element (criminal law) , method of fundamental solutions , discrete element method , boundary knot method , set (abstract data type) , mathematics , computer science , matrix (chemical analysis) , mathematical analysis , calculus (dental) , structural engineering , mechanics , engineering , materials science , physics , artificial intelligence , law , political science , composite material , programming language , medicine , dentistry
Over the past two decades, the finite‐element method has been increasingly used in a variety of engineering fields including structural analysis, solid mechanics, and soil mechanics. The method uses the relationship between the basic properties of each discrete element to define the behavior of that element. A solution for the response of the overall system, subject to a set of boundary conditions, is provided by solving a set of compatible simultaneous equations by matrix solution techniques.