If you meant a (e.g., from a course handout), please provide the author or university name, and I can help locate it. Otherwise, I recommend starting with Cook’s Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis (4th ed., Chapter 1) – it serves as an excellent primer.
Before you touch any software, ask: What physics truly matters? Idealization is the art of simplifying the real world into a solvable model. finite element analysis for engineers - a primer
If you meant a (e.g., from a course handout), please provide the author or university name, and I can help locate it. Otherwise, I recommend starting with Cook’s Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis (4th ed., Chapter 1) – it serves as an excellent primer.
Before you touch any software, ask: What physics truly matters? Idealization is the art of simplifying the real world into a solvable model.
