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History of FEA and Control Volume

History of FEA and Control Volume

History of FEA and Control Volume

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There doesn't seem to be a really good forum for this question, but I'm hoping this forum will be the closest.

I'm working on a paper which I hope to publish and could use some help on some background information.  Part of the paper concerns the history of the control volume concept as used in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.  Similarly, some history of the finite element analysis used for analyzing stress or EM fields would apply.  Also, history on the development of any similar method, regardless of what it is called might also be applicable such as "free body diagrams" used for statics and dynamics or "nodal analysis" sometimes used for heat transfer.

I'd like to give credit where credit is due.  I'm looking for any papers, published in peer reviewed journals, which have shown how to apply either the control volume concept, the finite element analysis concept, or similar reductionist concepts to a physical simulation.  Any information on the use of these concepts is applicable, regardless of whether the paper published uses the concept to analyze stress, fluid flow, EM fields, or any other phenomenon.  The important part is that the paper should show how to apply the basic concept to a computer analysis.

Thanks for your help.

RE: History of FEA and Control Volume

Not to be rude, but did you really look through the forums?  You asked this question in the SolidWorks forum?  There is a Finite Element Analysis Forum (forum727), a Piping and Fluid Mechanics Forum (forum378), a Mechanical Engineering Forum (forum404), a variety of specific FEA software forums (Nastran (forum825), Algor (forum810), etc.)...I can think of half a dozen better places to post this question.

RE: History of FEA and Control Volume

Google has a search engine for scholarly papers.

Look for old texts and check the biblio.

www.engtran.com
www.niswug.org

RE: History of FEA and Control Volume

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Thanks for the help guys!

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