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This is an introductory chapter and the concepts introduced here will be valuable to a reader who is beginning to make a critical study of finite element modelling.
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Prathap, G. (1993). Introduction. In: The Finite Element Method in Structural Mechanics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3319-9_1
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