In structural analysis, the Finite Element Method (FEM) has long served as the standard computational tool. By discretising complex geometries into interconnected elements, FEM solves equilibrium ...

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Professor of Mechanics, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. It's easy to construct finite-element models with errors. And it's just as easy to correct them, when you know how. The first step in a ...