The finite element method reigns as the dominant technique for modeling mechanical systems. Originally developed to model electromagnetic systems, the Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) method proves to match, and in some cases exceed, the effectiveness of finite elements for modeling several types of physical systems. Transmission Line Matrix in Computational Mechanics provides a tutorial approach to applying TLM for modeling mechanical and other physical systems.
Transmission Line Matrix in Computational Mechanics begins with the history of TLM, an introduction to the theory using...

A western adventure story taking place in the 1830's during the fur trade in the lands around Bent's Fort and Taos. Two boyhood friends, Avery MacDonnell and George LeMaitre, grow up reading the Journals of Lewis and Clark. They long to leave their homes in New Orleans and go out onto the wild frontier. A twist of fate forces that upon them and they end up fighting for their lives with men sent to hunt them down and against the Great White Bear, the Plains Grizzly. After finding the women destined to change their lives, they meet William and Charles Bent, Ceran St. Vrain, Kit Carson and other...