SPRING 2015
ENG 7934 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
TEXTBOOK- APPLIED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
BY LARRY J. SEGERLIND, ( SECOND EDITION )
INSTRUCTOR
Anand M. Sharan
X-3068 ; Tel: 8930 ; E-Mail :
COURSE CONTENTS
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SECTION 1
CHAPTERS
1. INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENTS
2. ONE DIMENSIONAL LINEAR ELEMENTS
3 A FINITE ELEMENT EXAMPLE
4. ELEMENT MATRICES: GALERKIN FORMULATIONS
5. TWO DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTS
MATERIAL FOR TEST – CHAPTERS 1 to 5 ; OPEN TEXT-BOOK
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6. COORDINATE SYSTEMS
7. FIELD PROBLEMS : TWO DIMENSIONAL FIELD EQUATIONS
END OF WORKED OUT PROBLEMS IN CLASS AND ASSIGNMENTS
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SECTION 2
9 DERIVATIVE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ETC
11. HEAT TRANSFER BY CONDUCTION, AND CONVECTION
13. AXISYMMETRIC FIELD PROBLEMS ( NOT COVERED IN THE CLASS, NOT INC:LUDED IN EITHER TEST OR FINAL, USEFUL FOR PROJECTS )
14. TIME DEPENDENT FIELD PROBLEMS
MATERIAL FOR FINAL EXAMINATION – SECTIONS 1 AND 2
OPEN TEXT-BOOK
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SECTION 3
MATERIAL FOR PROJECTS – WILL BE COVERED IN THE CLASS
CHAPTERS 17, 18, 20 , 22 , AND 23
STRUCTURAL AND SOLID MECHANICS INCLUDING THERMO- ELASTICITY
THEORY OF ELASTICITY
TWO DIMENSIONAL ELASTICITY
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STUDENT PROJECTS – GROUPS OF 4
CASE STUDIES IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
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MARKS DISTRIBUTION
PROJECT 30
TEST ( JUNE 18 , 2015 ) 20 OPEN TEXT-BOOK
(TENTATIVE)
FINAL 50 OPEN TEXT-BOOK
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TOTAL 100
IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE STUDENTS
MAY 18, 2015 ………..PROJECT TITLE AND ABSTRACT ( ONE PARA ) SUBMISSION BY GROUPS BY ( a ) E-MAIL AND ( b ) A HARD COPY
JULY 30, 2015 ……….PROJECT SUBMISSION
PROJECT MARKING
FACTORS
1. Originality
2. Level of Difficulty of the Problems
3. Challenge in the Solution
4. Independence
5. Presentation of the REPORT ( Professional)
REPORT FORMAL
MAXIMUM LENGTH 20 PAGES INCLUDING APPENDICES
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM HAS TO BE CLEAR WITH DIAGRAMS
LAYOUT
I. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction and Literature Search
4. Mathematical Foundation ( Theory)
5. Results and Discussions
6. Conclusions
7. Acknowledgements
8. References
9. Appendix
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