Thakore D. Intermediate Finite Element Analysis with Open Source Software

Australia: Moonish Ent. Pty. Ltd, 2014. — 260 p.This book is written for those who have a passion for learning Open Source software, particularly CAD and FEA software. This book is written for those who are new to software like Salome and Code Aster.
If you are having trouble understanding where to start with Salome and Code Aster, this book is written for you.
If you are having troubles understanding the computer translated Code Aster User Documents (which are rich in information), this book is written for you. If you want easy reference to 75% of FEA problems that are encountered by engineers in day to day life and want to do that by Open Source Software, this book is written for you.
This book is for those who don’t want to waste their time in finding tutorials online and trying to make logical and sequential sense. This book starts with a very basic introduction of what to do to perform FE Analysis, and then, with each new Chapter, it introduces new concepts in an easy to understand format. If you want to learn how to do FE Analysis with Open Source software in a week’s time, than this book is for you.