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This Chapter begins Part II of the course,which covers the mathematical formulation of FEM, based on energy-variational methods

The main advantage over the MoM approachof Chapter 5 is extendibility to 2D and 3D

We begin with doing the bar element again, but now with a variational framework

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University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

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University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

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University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu

University of Colorado - Dept of Aerospace Engrg. Sci. & Center for Aerospace Structures - caswww.colorado.edu