The Finite Element Method: Basic Concepts and Applications with MATLAB, MAPLE, and COMSOL, Third Edition
暫譯: 有限元素法：基本概念與應用（使用 MATLAB、MAPLE 和 COMSOL，第三版）

本書的第三版通過簡單的範例和以應用為導向的方法介紹有限元素法的基本原理，並使用最新的計算工具。以熱傳導的傳輸方程作為控制方程的基礎，文本展示了加權殘差法在結構分析和流體流動等廣泛應用中的多樣性。書中還通過兩個附加章節介紹了邊界元素法和無網格方法。列出了用 MATLAB、MAPLE 和 FORTRAN 編寫的使用者友好型計算程式碼。

Dr. Pepper is presently Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Nevada Center for Advanced Computational Methods at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at the US Air Force Academy where he taught from 2011-2013. He served as an ASME Congressional Fellow in 2004, working for US Senator Dianne Feinstein in Washington, DC. He was Interim Dean of the UNLV College of Engineering in 2002 and served as Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1996-2002. He obtained his B.S.M.E. (1968), M.S.A.E. (1970), and Ph.D. (1973) degrees from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now MS&T). Following graduation, he worked for DuPont at the Savannah River Laboratory in Aiken, SC, where he held various technical and managerial positions. In 1987 he became Chief Scientist of the Marquardt Company, an aerospace propulsion company located in Van Nuys, CA. Dr. Pepper co-founded and was CEO of Advanced Projects Research, Inc., an R&D company involved with development and application of computational methods in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and environmental transport. He has published over 300 technical papers on fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and environmental transport topics, and authored/co-authored six books on advanced numerical modeling and one on indoor air dispersion. He is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Fellow of Wessex Institute. Dr. Pepper is currently an editor of the J. of Thermodynamics, Associate Editor of Computational Thermal Sciences, was Associate Editor of the ASME J. of Heat Transfer from 2010-2013, and was Associate Editor of the AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer from 1990-1997. In 2008, Dr. Pepper was awarded the Eric Reissner Medal for his work in computational methods. In 2010, he received the Harry Reid Silver State Research Medal. In 2011, he received the AIAA Distinguished Service Award and in 2012 the AIAA Energy Systems Award. Dr. Heinrich is Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He served as Chair of the Department from 2004-2012. Dr. Heinrich previously was a member of the faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Arizona. He received his undergraduate degree from Universidad Católica de Chile and his Ph.D. in Mathematics/Numerical Analysis from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Fellow of the ASME and member of the ASEE, and acts as a consultant to several international institutions. He is currently editor, advisor and reviewer for a variety of technical journals, including Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics. He has been a consultant for several major corporations and published over 100 technical papers in the area of finite element analysis. He is co-author of the book Intermediate Finite Element Method. Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Applications with D.W. Pepper.

佩珀博士目前是內華達大學拉斯維加斯分校機械工程系的教授及內華達高級計算方法中心的主任。他曾於2011年至2013年擔任美國空軍學院的傑出訪問教授。在2004年，他擔任美國機械工程師學會（ASME）的國會研究員，為華盛頓特區的美國參議員黛安·范斯坦工作。他於2002年擔任內華達大學拉斯維加斯分校工程學院的臨時院長，並於1996年至2002年擔任機械工程系主任。他在密蘇里大學羅拉分校（現為MS&T）獲得了機械工程學士（B.S.M.E.，1968年）、航空工程碩士（M.S.A.E.，1970年）和博士（Ph.D.，1973年）學位。畢業後，他在南卡羅來納州艾肯的杜邦公司薩凡納河實驗室工作，擔任各種技術和管理職位。1987年，他成為位於加州范努伊斯的馬夸特公司（Marquardt Company）首席科學家，該公司專注於航空航天推進技術。佩珀博士共同創立並擔任高級專案研究公司（Advanced Projects Research, Inc.）的首席執行官，該公司專注於流體力學、熱傳遞和環境運輸的計算方法的開發和應用。他在流體力學、熱傳遞和環境運輸主題上發表了300多篇技術論文，並著作或合著了六本關於先進數值建模的書籍，以及一本關於室內空氣擴散的書籍。他是美國機械工程師學會的終身會士、美國航空航天學會的副會士，以及威塞克斯學院的會士。佩珀博士目前是《熱力學期刊》的編輯、《計算熱科學》的副編輯，曾於2010年至2013年擔任ASME《熱傳遞期刊》的副編輯，並於1990年至1997年擔任AIAA《熱物理學與熱傳遞期刊》的副編輯。2008年，佩珀博士因其在計算方法方面的工作獲得艾瑞克·雷斯納獎章。2010年，他獲得哈利·瑞德銀州研究獎章。2011年，他獲得AIAA傑出服務獎，2012年獲得AIAA能源系統獎。

海因里希博士是新墨西哥大學機械工程系的名譽教授。他於2004年至2012年擔任該系主任。海因里希博士曾是亞利桑那大學機械與航空航天工程系的教職員。他在智利天主教大學獲得本科學位，並在匹茲堡大學獲得數學/數值分析的博士學位。他是ASME的會士，也是ASEE的成員，並擔任多個國際機構的顧問。他目前是多個技術期刊的編輯、顧問和審稿人，包括《應用力學與工程中的計算方法》和《計算流體動力學進展》。他曾為多家大型企業擔任顧問，並在有限元素分析領域發表了100多篇技術論文。他是與D.W. Pepper合著的書籍《中級有限元素法：流體流動與熱傳遞應用》的共同作者。