Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology

Civil Engineering Department Course Handout

Course Title: FINITE E EMENT METH!D "CE #$%& Year and Semester: I' year II semester Contact Hours per week: # Course Coordinator: (yed (ira)ul Ha* Course Coordinator Phone: %+++#,+%,$ Course Coordinator Email- ssha*.m)college/ac/in Course Coordinator Location: $0,123 Course Coordinator Availability: 4ednesdays- ,5/55 to ,,/55 am Thursdays- ,/15 pm to 1/,5 pm Pre re!uisite Courses and Assumed "nowled#e and Capabilities: To take this course the student should have the 6asic kno7ledge of engineering mechanics8 strength of materials8 6asic calculus8 differential e*uations8 matri9 analysis/

Course $escription: This course introduces the theoretical 6asics and practical application of the finite element method to ,D8 :D and 1D solid mechanics pro6lems/

Course %utcomes: !n successful completion of course students 7ill 6e a6le to Derive 6asic e*uations of theory of elasticity in ,2D8 :2D8 12D and ;9i9symmetric pro6lems ;pply <ayleigh2<it= method to solve 6asic solid mechanics pro6lems ;pply >alerkin method to solve 6asic solid mechanics pro6lems ?se <ayliegh2<it= and >alerkin method to formulate the FEM e*uations

Develop stiffness matrices and load vectors for 6ar8 truss and 6eam elements and apply them to solve practical pro6lems/ 4rite shape functions and develop stiffness matrices and load vectors for :2D elements like three noded triangular element8 four nodded and eight nodes *uadrilateral elements/ (olve simple :2D pro6lems using :2D elements 4rite shape functions and develop stiffness matrices and load vectors for a9i9symmetric pro6lems/ Formulate shape functions8 stiffness matri9 and load vectors for 12D tetrahedron element/

%verview o& Learnin# Activities ,/ ectures and class room discussions :/ Tutorials %verview o& Learnin# 'esources ,/ @rescri6ed Te9t 3ook Chandrupatla8 T/ </ ":5,5&/ Introduction to finite elements in engineering "1rd ed/&/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- @HI earning/ Arishnamoorthy8 C/ (/ ",%B0&/ Finite element analysis- theory and programming ":nd ed/&/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- Tata Mc>ra72Hill @u6lishing/ Cook8 </ ":55:&/ Concepts and applications of finite element analysis/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- 4iley/

:/ <eference 3ooks 3athe8 A/ J/ ":55%&/ Finite element procedures/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- @HI earning <eddy8 J/ N/ ":55+&/ Introduction to the finite element method "1rd ed/&/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- Tata Mc>ra7 Hill Education/ Cienkie7ic=8 !/ !/ ":55$&/ Finite element method- its 6asis and fundamentals "+th ed/&/ !9ford8 England- Elsevier

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