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Course Name	Turkish	Sonlu Elemanlar Yöntemine Giriş
	English	Intr.to Finite Element Methods
Course Code	MAK 372E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	6	-	2	1	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Mesut Kırca
Course Objectives		1. Teaching the basic theoretical principles of the Finite Element Method, 2. Understand the difference between various types of elements, to design and judge a mesh, 3. Impose displacement and force boundary conditions, and to demonstrate convergence, 4. Be able to interpret and report FE results, 5. Be able to use FE method as a tool to solve engineering problems.
Course Description		Introduction to fundamentals of Finite Element Method (FEM), Direct Approach, Heat Conduction Elements, Springs and Truss Elements, Beam Elements, FE Formulation for General Continuum, Plane Stress and Plane Strain Elements, Finite Elements and Interpolation Functions, Element Formulation in Natural Coordinates, Numerical Integration, Weighted Residual Methods, Applications.
Course Outcomes		Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will: 1. gain knowledge on fundamentals and applications of FEM, 2. be able to select appropriate finite elements and mesh, be able to apply loads and boundary conditions to the model, 3. be able to formulae and solve engineering problems using FEM, 4. be able to start using FEM for design purposes.
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