کتاب آموزش مقدماتی روش اجزای محدود (A First Course in the Finite Element Method)، مشتمل بر 837 صفحه، در 16 فصل، به زبان انگلیسی، همراه با تصاویر به ترتیب زیر گردآوری شده است:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Introduction to the Stiffness (Displacement) Method

Chapter 3: Development of Truss Equations

Chapter 4: Development of Beam Equations

Chapter 5: Frame and Grid Equations

Chapter 6: Development of the Plane Stress and Plane Strain Stiffness Equations

Chapter 7: Practical Considerations in Modeling; Interpreting Results; and Examples of Plane Stress/Strain Analysis

Chapter 8: Development of the Linear-Strain Triangle Equations

Chapter 9: Axisymmetric Elements

Chapter 10: Isoparametric Formulation

Chapter 11: Three-Dimensional Stress Analysis

Chapter 12: Plate Bending Element

Chapter 13: Heat Transfer and Mass Transport

Chapter 14: Fluid Flow

Chapter 15: Thermal Stress

Chapter 16: Structural Dynamics and Time-Dependent Heat Transfer