The finite clement method has now become a welJ-established branch of computational mathematics and the theoretical foundations have been presented in several texts. However, the actual application of finite element procedures requires extensive programming effort. The present text has been developed to illustrate typical computational alogrithms and their applications. Whilst the theoretical discussions have been limited to the minimum required to introduce the topic, most of the computational procedures are discussed in detail. Many universities follow an introductory finite element course, with a course on the related computational procedures. This text should be well suited for such a course.