UZB 318E - Finite Element Method

Course Objectives

1) To introduce the concepts, principles and fundamentals of finite element method.
2) To enable to solve basic problems on the strength of materials, mechanical and structural vibrations, heat transfer and fluid mechanics with the finite element method.

Course Description

Direct finite element method; truss analyses; variational and weighted residual methods; principle of minimum potential energy; plane and three-dimensional stress analysis; heat transfer and fluid mechanics problems; isoparametric elements; eigenvalue problems; applications with finite element softwares.