Finite elements in structures
Next offered in 1996
R H Grzebieta
6 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton * Prohibitions: Students taking CME5612 may not do this subject. Students with CME4616 or CME4617 may not do this subject.
FEM as an aid to engineering analysis; its relationship to other methods; element types; their associated degrees of freedom; discretisation; element formulation for ring and area elements; shape functions; Gaussian points, global stiffness matrix assembly; connectivity; element compatibility; nodal and frontal solvers; beam, plate and shell elements, modelling techniques for symmetrical structures; non-standard boundary conditions and substructuring. Solution of linear and non-linear problems in stress, dynamics and buckling of structures; introduction to general-purpose commercial finite element programs for mainframes and PCs.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 50% * Practical work: 50%
Recommended texts
Cook R D Concepts and applications of finite element analysis Wiley, 1974