It is not recorded the name of one person for proposing the finite element method (FEM) but the first paper on the FEM was published by Turner, M. J., Clough, R. W., Martin H. C. and Topp, L. J. in 1956 (the following paper) :
Turner, M. J., Clough, R. W., Martin H. C. and Topp, L. J. Stiffness and Deflection Analysis of Complex Structures . Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 23 No. 9, 1956 pp. 805-823.
The article of R. W. Clough in 1956 was one of the first applications of this computational method. He coined the term “finite elements” in an article in 1960.
In 1965, NASA issued a request for a proposal for the development of a structural analysis software tool. The result of this was NASTRAN (NASA Structural Analysis), which implemented the available FEM technology to solve structural problems.
Dr. O.C. Zienkiewicz published the first text on the finite element method, called ‘The Finite Element Method’ in 1967. To this day, it remains a standard reference text for the basis of the FEM.
It is not recorded the name of one person for proposing the finite element method (FEM) but the first paper on the FEM was published by Turner, M. J., Clough, R. W., Martin H. C. and Topp, L. J. in 1956 (the following paper) :
Turner, M. J., Clough, R. W., Martin H. C. and Topp, L. J. Stiffness and Deflection Analysis of Complex Structures . Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 23 No. 9, 1956 pp. 805-823.
The article of R. W. Clough in 1956 was one of the first applications of this computational method. He coined the term “finite elements” in an article in 1960.
In 1965, NASA issued a request for a proposal for the development of a structural analysis software tool. The result of this was NASTRAN (NASA Structural Analysis), which implemented the available FEM technology to solve structural problems.
Dr. O.C. Zienkiewicz published the first text on the finite element method, called ‘The Finite Element Method’ in 1967. To this day, it remains a standard reference text for the basis of the FEM.
A. Hrennikoff first used the concept of formulation in 1941 where as R. W. Clough used ‘finite element’ formally in 1960.
it is difficult to quote a date of the invention of the finite element method, but i think, its development can be traced back to the work by A. Hrennikoff and R. Courant in the early 1940s, Another pioneer was Ioannis Argyris. afterwards, Ray W. Clough published the first paper on the finite element method (FEM). The term “finite elements” was coined in a 1960 .
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