Finite element solution of initial/boundary value problems

In the last few decades, the Finite Element Method (F.E.M.) has become one of the best techniques used to solve a vast variety of the world's initial/boundary value problems. When such a powerful method is facilitated by a 'user friendly' computer program that possess both pre- and post-processors together with an automatic mesh generation and refinement processor, it becomes indeed a powerful tool to solve a wide range of problems in Applied Mathematics and Engineering. This thesis is an attempt to show the potential of the method which is implemented by a general purpose program used to solve problems governed by partial differential equations (P.D.E.s). [Continues.]