Finite element method (mechanical engineering)
Y C Lam and R H Grzebieta
4 points * 22 lecture hours, 22 laboratory hours * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV3223 and MEC2490 * Prohibition: CME4617
FEM as an aid to engineering analysis; its relationship to other numerical techniques, theoretical and empirical methods; types of elements, their associated degrees of freedom, and the process of discretisation; element formulation for a ring and area element; displacement and shape function; Gaussian integration; assembly of the global stiffness matrix and connectivity; element compatibility; nodal and frontal equation solvers; modelling techniques for symmetrical structures; nonstandard boundary conditions; multipoint constraints; master nodes and sub-structuring; solution of engineering problems in stress, dynamics, structures, buckling, steady-state heat transfer and flow through porous media; introduction to general-purpose commercial finite element programs for mainframes, workstations and PCs.
Assessment
Written: 40% * Examinations (2 hours): 60%
Prescribed texts
Cook R D and others Concepts and applications of finite element analysis Wiley, 1989
Recommended texts
Desai C S Elementary finite element method Prentice-Hall, 1979
Reddy J N An introduction to the finite element method McGraw-Hill, 1984
Stasa F L Applied finite element analysis for engineers HRW, 1985