GEO 384F: Computational Methods for Geophysics: References
Textbook: Becker, G.F. Carey, and J.T. Oden, Finite Elements: An Introduction, Volume 1 of the
Texas Finite Element Series, Prentice Hall, 1981. Note: This book is out of print, but you can purchase
it for $50 (cash or check) from Sue Rodriguez (suerod@ices.utexas.edu; ACE 4.236).
Other books of interest:
• The Finite Element Method:
1. O. Axelsson and V.A. Baker, Finite Element Solution of Boundary Value Problems: Theory
and Computation, reprinted in SIAM Classics in Applied Mathematics series (2001).
2. E.B. Becker, G.F. Carey, and J.T. Oden, Finite Elements (6 volumes: An Introduction, A
Second Course, Computational Aspects, Mathematical Aspects, Special Problems in Solid
Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics) (1981).
3. D. Braess, Finite Elements. Theory, Fast Solvers, and Applications in Solid Mechanics,
Cambridge (2007)
4. S.C. Brenner and L.R. Scott, The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods, volume
15 of Texts in Applied Mathematics, third edition, Springer (2008)
5. P.G. Ciarlet, The Finite Element Method for Elliptic Problems, volume 40 of Classics in
Applied Mathematics, SIAM (2002)
6. M.S. Gockenbach, Partial Differential Equations: Analytical and Numerical Methods, SIAM
(2002)
7. M.S. Gockenbach, Understanding and Implementing the Finite Element Method, SIAM
(2006)
8. T.J.R. Hughes, The Finite Element Method: Linear, Static and Dynamic Finite Element
Analysis, Dover (2000)
9. C. Johnson, Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations by the Finite Element
Method, Dover (2009, republication of 1987 book).
10. J.T. Oden and J.N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Finite Elements,
Dover (republication of the 1976 book).
11. J.C. Simo and T.J.R. Hughes, Computational Inelasticity, Springer-Verlag, New York (1998).
12. G. Strang and G.J. Fix, An Analysis of the Finite Element Method, Wellesley Cambridge
Press (1973).
13. O.C. Zienkiewicz and R. Taylor, The Finite Element Method, three volume set: Vol. 1, Its
Basis and Fundamentals; Vol. 2, Solid and Structural Mechanics; Vol. 3, Fluid Dynamics,
Butterworth-Heinemann (2005).
• Mathematical background on PDEs:
1. L. C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations, AMS (2010)
2. R. Haberman, Applied Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value
Problems, Fourth Edition, Pearson (2004)
3. M. Renardy and R. C. Rogers, An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, volume 13
of Texts in Applied Mathematics, Springer (1996)
• Computational/Software Packages and Programming Languages:
1. A. Logg, K. Mardal, G. N. Wells, Automated Solution of Differential Equations by the Finite
Element Method, Springer (2012)
2. The FEniCS Manual (a 200-page excerpt from the FEniCS Book),
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/84116499/fenics-manual-2011-10-31.pdf
3. H. P. Langtangen, FEniCS tutorial (Python),
http://fenicsproject.org/documentation/tutorial
4. D. J. Higham and N. J. Higham, Matlab Guide, second edition, SIAM (2005). Note: Check
out http://www.ma.man.ac.uk/~higham/mg for updates, code, and errata.
5. M. Lutz, Learning Python. O’Reilly, third edition (2007)
6. The Python Tutorial, http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/
7. Kenneth Moreland. The ParaView Tutorial, Version 3.12. Technical Report SAND 2011-
8896P, Sandia National Laboratories, 2011
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/images/d/d5/ParaViewTutorial398.pdf
