THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, 5th ed.

O.C. Zienkiewicz and R.L. Taylor

Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2000
Please e-mail corrections to: rlt@ce.berkeley.edu

Errata for Volume 1

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41 Eq. (3.10)

Eq. (3.11)

Description for Changes

Change signs in A() to read:



A() = x k x y k y + Q = 0
Change signs in A() to read:



A() = x
k

k
+ ux
x
y
y

+ uy

+Q=0

44 Eq. (3.18)

Change signs to read:

h


i


R

k
+
Q
dx dy . . .
x
x
y
y

45 Eq. (3.20)

Changes signs to read:



R  v v
H

k
+
k
+
vQ
dxdy

vk
n +
y y
x x
x x



R
+ q v k n + q d

n
y y

Eq. (3.22)

Change sign to: v = v

Eq. (3.23)

Change signs and add parenthesis to read:

R
R
R
R
T

(v)
kd
+
vQd
+
v
q

vk n
d = 0

47 Eq. (3.27)

Change sign to read: A() = ddx2 + Q = 0

Line after Eq. (3.27), change Q = 1 to Q = 1

Eq. (3.29)

Change sign:
i
R L h d2 P
w

(
N
a
)
+
Q
dx = 0
j
i i
dx2
0

48 Fig 3.3

Top of figure, change Q = 1 to Q = 1

50 Eq. (3.30)

Change sign to read:

i
R L h dwj P dNi

a
+
w
Q
dx = 0
j
i dx i
dx
0

Eq. (3.32)
Eq. (3.35)

Change sign of fje . Should read:

R Le
fje = 0 wj Q dx
Change sign of fje . Should read:
fje = Qe Le /2 = fie

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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Description for Changes

51 Eq. (3.36)

Change signs and add parenthesis to read:



R
R
T
+ wj ux + uy
(w
)
k
d
j
x
y

R
R
+ wj Qd + q wj qd = 0

52 Eq. (3.38)a

Change signs and parenthesis:

R
R
Ni
i
Kji = (Nj )T kNi d + Nj ux N
+
u
d
x
x
x
R  Nj Ni Nj Ni 
= x k x + y k y d


R
Ni
i
+ Nj ux N
+
u
d
y y
x

Eq. (3.38)b
53 Eq. (3.39)

Change signs to read:

R
R
fj = Nj Q d + q Nj q d
Change to read:
8k
a
3 1

54 Eq. (3.43)

3

k
3

+
+

uT A(u)dV

Next line: V
56 Eq. (3.52)

yh
ux h
xh
a2 k3 u12
u12
a3 k3 uy3h a4
3





uy h
uy h
ux h
k
ux h
k
ux h

+
a

+
+
a7
5
6
12
3
3
3
12
12
 12 

uy h
yh
xh
a8 k3 u12
+ u12
a9 = Q h2
3
k
3

uT A(u)d

Change signs to read:

A() x
k

+ Q + c
=0
t

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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63 Eq. (3.72)

Description for Changes

Change signs to read:


R 1
2 1  2
R
= 2 k x + 2 k y + Q d + q qd

Eq. (3.73)

Change signs to read:

 
i


R h
R

= k

+
k

+
Q
d + q qd
x
x
y
y

Eq. (3.75a)

Change signs to read:



i
h


R

= x
k

k
+
Q
d
x
y
y


R

+ q k n
+ q d = 0

Eq. (3.75b)

Change signs to read and add zero:




A() = x
k

k
+Q=0
x
y
y

B() = k n
q = 0

64 Eq. (3.77)

Change signs to read:

R 1 P Ni
2
R 1 P Ni 2
= 2k
a d + 2 k
a
d
x i
y i
R
R
P
P
+ Q Ni ai d + q q Ni ai d

Eq. (3.78)

Change signs to read:

R
R P Ni  Nj
P Ni
Nj

= k
a x d + k
a y d
aj
x i
y i
R
R
+ Q Nj d + q q Nj d

Eq. (3.80)

Change signs on fj to read:

R
R
fj = Nj Q d + q Nj q d

65 Eq. (3.84)

Change signs:
(
A(u) =

Eq. (3.85)

q+

d
dx

dq
+Q
dx

=0

Change signs in L to read:

"
#
d
1, dx
L
d
, 0
dx

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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66 Eq. (3.86)

Description for Changes

Change signs to read:
Kij =

Eq. (3.88)

68 Eq. (3.99)

84 Eq. (3.178)

NTi L Nj dx =

"

Ni1 Nj1 , Ni1

Ni2

dNj1
dx

dNj2
dx

dx

Change signs to read (also change bracket type):

)
(
dq
dx
+Q
A(u) =
=0
q + d
dx
Change signs to read:
( )T "
)
# ( ) ( )T (
d
R
q
1,
q
q
0
dx
dx
= 12
+
d

dx , 0

Q


R
1 dq
= 12 q 2 + 12 q d

Q
dx
dx
2 dx

Change signs: h12 (i1 2 i + i+1 ) + Q = 0

1
2

114 Eq. (5.6)

Add

before last matrix.

157 Line 1

Change (7.36) to (7.32).

206 Theorem 1

Change contiguous to continuous.

212 Eq. (19.20)

Change to (9.20).

296 Fig. 11.9

Reverse caption for J and J-invers

333 Eq. (12.79)

Change + before to minus ().

339 Line 3

Change at zero displacement to at zero horizontal displacement

341 Last lines

Change to read: for the CBS algorithm5 2 and the GLS method
are indistinguishable. In general,

342 Fig 12.13

Delete caption ( = 2). Lines for CBS agree with GLS.

345 Ref 52

Add: 52. P. Nithiarasu. Boundary conditions for the characteristic based split (CBS) algorithm for fluid dynamics. Iternat. J.
Num. Meth. Engng, 54, 523-536, 2002.

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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Description for Changes

347 Eq. (13.4)

1
Change u1 to u

Eq. (13.5)

2
Change u2 to u
to

Change

Eq. (13.6)

366 Line 2 after Change Sec 3.8 to Sec. 3.9

Eq. (14.5)
Eq. (14.7)

Change bold hat to scalar hat

  and u
u

Eq. (14.8)

Change bold hat to scalar hat

and  

373 3
Eq. (14.21)

Eq. (14.22)
Eq. (14.23)
Eq. (14.25)
377 Sec. 14.4.1

= u to u = u
.
Herrmann theorem: Line 2, change u
Change to read:
R
R
= 12 (Su)T A S
u d + 21 (S
u)T A Su d
R
+ uT p d = 0
R
R
Change to read: = (Su)T A S
u d + uT p d = 0

Change to read: u = u

Change to read:
R
R
)]T A S (
) d 12 (S
= 12 [S (
uu
uu
u)T A S
u d
Line 1 of second pargraph: Change s to k

379 Line 4 from change: linear, quadratic and cubic elements to elements from
bottom
order p = 1 to p = 6.
381 Line 3 from Change reference 6 to reference 16
bottom
385 Sec 14.5

Delete paragraph starting with For patches in some to Equation 14.48

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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* Eq. (14.49)

Description for Changes

Change to Eq. (14.47)

388 2nd display

after
Eq.
(14.63)

+Q
Change: ri = T (k) + Q to ri = T (k)

389 Eq. (14.66)

Change term:

Eq. (14.69)
391 Eq. (14.77)
Eq. (14.80)

T (k)d
to

Add and between equations

T Nj (k)d

Change A a = b to A a = f
Change b to f

392 Sec 14.7

In next to last paragraph change Eq. (14.15) to Eq. (14.14)

394 After Eq.

(14.95)

Change references 35-41 to 35,37,41

Next para- Change references 35-41 to 35,37,41

graph
401 Line
from
tom

11 Change Eqs (14.10a) and (14.10b) to Eqs (14.10) and 14.11)

bot-

411 Line 2

Change Eq. (15.8) to Eq. (15.6)

418 Eq. (15.13)

p and up1 u
p1
up u

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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466 Ref. 46

Description for Changes

q k
q k
Nik k
Nik k
Change terms:
q i + Nik i
q i + Nik i .
x
y
y
y
Change 152, 73-84 to 153, 117-126

476 Top Eq.

Add = 0.

460 Eq. (16.87)

dN

In Hij & Kij change dxdxj to

480

Line after Eq. (17.33): 2 2

482 Fig. 17.2

Change 1 = 3.8050 to Mode 1

dNj
dx.
dx

Fig. 17.2

Change 2 = 59.2236 to Mode 2

Fig. 17.2

Change 3 = 290.0804 to Mode 3

487 Eq. (17.55)

1 , . . .] [
2 , . . .]
Change: [
a1 , a
a1 , a

495

Line before Eq. (18.10): Period missing after function.

509

Last paragraph: Change obtained by differentiating Eq.

(18.35) to [obtained by differentiating Eq. (18.35)].
a
n+1 .
, a
and a
n+1 , a
n+1 and a
Item (a): a

511 Line 3
512
Last Eq.

Line after Eq. (18.50): Change (18.49) to (18.41).

a 0 = C1 Kaa0 + f0 a 0 = C1 K a0 + f0

513

Line after Eq. (18.54): Change (18.44) to (18.54).

515

Line before Eq. (18.66): Change (18.57) to (18.53).

517 Eq. (18.71)

Last line: a

519 Eq. (18.82)

Change to read:

p1

p1
n+1 = a n

p1

n+1 =

p1

m + c(a n + 1 t ) + k(an + 1 t a n + 12 2 t2 ) = 0
an + an + t a n + 21 t2 = 0
a n + a n + t = 0
Delete Equation numbered (18.83).

Errata for Volume 1 (Continued)

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519 Eq. (18.84)

Description for Changes

Change equation number (18.84) to (18.83)
c0 = . . .
Add equation number (18.84) to c1 = . . .
c2 = . . .

525

Add equation number (18.104) to

N1 = . . .
N0 = . . .
N1 = . . .

Add equation number (18.105) to N0 = . . .

N1 = . . .
Add equation number (18.106) to

Add equation number (18.107) to

526

dN1
= ...
dt
dN0
= ...
dt
dN1
= ...
dt
2
d N1
= ...
dt2
d2 N 0
= ...
dt2
d2 N1
= ...
dt2

Renumber equations: (18.104) to (18.109) become (18.108) to

(18.113)
Change equation (18.111) to (18.114).
Line after current Eq. (18.104): Change (18.84) to (18.97).

527

Delete equations numbered (18.114), (18.116) and (18.118).

Change: (18.112) to (18.115); (18.113) to (18.116); (18.115) to
(18.117); (18.117) to (18.118).

528

Second line before section 18.8.4: Change (18.41) to (18.40)

667 Ref. add

Discontinuous Galerkin method, 361, 494 500, 536

(add reference to page 536)

Errata for Volume 2

Page Location
66 Eq. (3.133)

Description for Changes

Change I0 to (I0 13 m mT ).

131 Eq. (4.57)

First line should read 3L2i 2L3i + 2Li Lj Lk

134 Eq. (4.66)

Change L3 to Lk .

313 Fig. 10.1

Change captions: 0 and .

403 Eq. (12.35)

Second row, last matrix: Change f M to f + M .

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Errata for Volume 3

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5 Eq. (1.9b)
25 Eq. (2.43)

289 Ref. 1

Description for Changes

Change ii to kk .
Signs wrong & missing derivative after term. Correct to:






d
d
d
d
d
d
d
U

k
+Q
U

k
+Q =0
dx dx
dx
2 dx
dx dx
dx
Change Swith to Smith

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