Course Information

Course Name: ED4030 : Finite Element Methods for Design

Description: Review of Equilibrium equations and linear Elastic Constitutive relations ? Their reduction to Plane stress, Plane strain, Axisymmetric. Governing equations for beam, plates and shell. Energy Principle and Virtual Work principle. Introduction to the Calculus of Variations. One dimensional Finite elements and the computational procedure. Element Formulation: Interpolation function, simple 2D Elements and the isoparametric formulation. Assembly Procedure, Solution and interpretation of results. Case studies using all the popular elements.

Slot: C

RoomNo: ED307

Instructor: Sankara J Subramanian

Period: JUL-NOV 2013

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