MEC524

Course Description

course provides a brief review of basic FE in solids and builds on the knowledge gained in the introductory course in FEA. The course expands on the theory of variational and weighted residual methods and their use in formulating the FE equations for general PDE’s. The course provides theoretical treatment for the formulation of isoparametric and special elements and their applications in engineering problems. Various types of elements, singularity elements and extended FE will be discussed. The numerical methods for spatial and time integration, solution of linear algebraic equations, and the evaluation of eigenvalues will be introduced. Application in solid mechanics will include elastic problems and linear elastic fracture mechanics problems. In each application area the basic governing equations will be outlined and methods of their finite element formulation will be discussed.

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