SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2009), pp. 1421-1444 (24 pages) The performance of finite element computation depends strongly on the quality of the geometric mesh and the ...

Matrix algebra and the Rayleigh-Ritz technique are applied to the development of the finite element method. The minimum potential energy theorem, calculus of variations, Galerkin's and the ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 94, No. 9 (Sep., 2007), pp. 1506-1514 (9 pages) Understanding the mechanism of tree anchorage in a forest is a priority because of the increase in wind storms in ...

Princeton's Dr. Jean H. Prévost and Serguei Bagrianski have released a book with World Scientific, entitled, An Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods. Based on a course ...

MIT researchers increase 3D printing strength with SustainaPrint - developing a system that strengthens only the weakest zones of 3D prints.

D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that ...