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Some preliminaries: The standard discrete system * A direct approach toproblems in elasticity * Generalization of the finite element concepts- Galerkin-weighted residual and variational approaches * Plane stressand plane strain * Axisymmetric stress analysis * Three-dimensionalstress analysis * Steady-state field problems - heat conduction,electric and magnetic potential, fluid flow etc * 'Standard' and'hierarchical' element shape functions: some general familiarities ofC0 continuity * Mapped elements and numerical integration - 'infinite'and 'singularity' elements * The patch test, reduced integration andnon-conforming elements * Mixed formulation and constraints - completefield methods * Incompressible problems, mixed methods and otherprocedures of solution * Mixed formulation and constraints - incomplete(hybrid) field methods, boundary * Trefftz methods * Errors, recoveryprocesses and error estimates * Adaptive finite element refinement *The time dimension - semi-discretization of field and dynamic problemsand analytical solution procedures * The time dimension - discreteapproximation in time * Coupled systems * Computer procedures forfinite element analysis * Appendices.