The finite element method in structural and continuum mechanics, : O. C. Zienkiewicz. 267 pages, London, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1967.
✍ Scribed by John E. Johnson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Volume
- 292
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
The relatively short time-lapse in bringing the collection of articles to publication is especially meritorious as many of them contain literature references as recent as two months prior to publication. It is desirable for the authors to indicate wherever possible both enduring problems and prospects for new directions in research, thus adding significantly to the usefulness and critical nature of the articles. The current volume contains fourteen articles with an average length of 28 pages, excluding the 92-page article "The Nuclei of Galaxies" by G. R. Burbridge. The review by Burbridge is well rounded, judicious and an outstanding contribution to many branches of extragalactic aatronomy. The present reviewer thought the articles by I. J. Denziger, "The Cosmic Abundance of Helium ; Neutron Stars" by