TEACHING PLAN : 10ME205 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (Credits 3:1:0)

July 2013 to November 2013

Name of the Faculty Member :Kalakanda Alfred Sunny Designation :Asst Prof
Department / School : School of Mechanical Sciences

Unit
No.
Lecture
No.
Topic Book & Page Nos.
Used for Teaching
Topic No. Date
Taught
Unit I 1 Introduction Syllabus Introduction
2 Basic Concepts T1 & P 11 1
3 General Applicability of the Method to
Structural Analysis, Heat transfer and
Fluid flow Problems
T1 & P 9-11 1
4 Historical Background Finite Element
Packages
T1 & P 3-6 1
5 Boundary value and Initial value
Problem
T1 & P9 1
6,7 Weighted Residual Method T1 & P 164-166 5
8 Types of Weighted Residual Methods T1 & P 164-166 5
9 Problems in Weighted Residual
Methods
T1 & P 167-174 5
Unit
II
10,11 General Procedure of FEA T1 & P 11-12 1
12 Discretization Process T1 & P 48-54 2
13 Element Types and its Characteristics T1 & P 43-47 2
14 Concept of Element Assembly
Bandwidth and its Effect
T1 & P 55-56 2
15 Boundary Conditions Aspect Ratio
Pascals Triangle
T1 & P 61,87 2,3
16 Stiffness Matrix for Spar Element R1 & P 103-107 4
17 Problems in Spar Larry Segerland&
P 255-260
19
18 Shape Function for Spar Element,
Problems
T1 & P 78-79 3
19 Shape Function for Beam Element T1 & P 264-265 9
20 Problems in Beam Element Larry Segerland&
P271-276
20
21 Stiffness Matrix for Beam Element T1 & P 265-266 9
22 Problems in Beam Element Larry Segerland&
P 271-276
20



Unit
No.
Lecture
No.
Topic Book & Page Nos.
Used for Teaching
Topic
No.
Date
Taught
Unit
III
23 Convergence and Continuous Criteria T1 & P 86-90 3
24 Local, Global and Natural Co-ordinate
System
T1 & P 100-121 4
25,26 Shape Function & Stiffness Matrix for
Rectangular Element
Larry Segerland& P
363
26
27,28 Problems in Rectangular Element Larry Segerland& P
364
26
29,30 Shape Function & Stiffness matrix for
Triangular Element
Larry Segerland& P
365
26
31,32 Problems in Triangular Element Larry Segerland& P
365
26
33 Area Co-ordinate System R1 & P 90-91 5
Unit
IV
34 Introduction to Higher Order Elements T1 & P 98 4
35 Shape Function for Quadratic Elements T1 & P 98-99 4
36 Problems in Quadratic Elements T1 & P 98-99 4
37 Shape Function for Cubic Element T1 & P 99-100 4
38 ISOPARAMETRIC ELEMENTS T1 & P 140-144 4
39 LaGrangean Elements T1 & P 133-135 4
40 Serendipity Elements R2 & P 414-416 10
41 Structural Problems Equations of
Elasticity
T1 & P 279-283 9
42,43 Plane Elasticity Problems T1 & P 279-300 9
44,45 Bending of Elastic Plates T1 & P 310-313 10
Unit
V
46,47 1D Heat Transfer FE Equation T1 & P 402-404 14
48,49,50 Problems 1D Heat Transfer T1 & P 404-407 14
51,52 Composite Material Problems T1 & P 404-407 14
53,54 Incompressible Fluid Flow T1 & P 478-488 18
55,56 Problems in Incompressible Fluid Flow T1 & P 478-488 18
Revision

Recommended Text Book:
1. Rao. S.S. The Finite Element Method in Engineering, II
nd
Ed., Pergamon Press, Oxford, 2001.

Reference Books :
1. Tirupathi.R.Chandrupatla, Ashok.D.Belegundu. Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering,
Prentice Hall of India, 2004.
2. David. V.Hutton, Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003.