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Aug 14, 2016 i dont understand compare and contrast because finite element analysis and continuum mechanics are not on the same level of concepts, but i will try to make connection between these two. In the beginning, the finite element method was used for structural stress analysis in the engineering mechanics huiskes and chao, 1983. Results are compared to those obtained from the finite element method fem to show the. Finite element analysis fea, which is a simulation process that allows engineers to calculate, with some accuracy, how a component or structure will respond to a load, whether this be structural.
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