06CV841 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS syllabus for CV


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction 6 hours

Basic Concepts, Background Review: Theory of Elasticity, Matrix displacement formulation, Energy concepts, Equilibrium and energy methods for analyzing structures.

Unit-2 Raleigh - Ritz Method 8 hours

Raleigh - Ritz Method, Galerkin’s Method, Simple applications in structural analysis.

Unit-3 Fundamentals of Finite Element Method 5 hours

Displacement function and natural coordinates, construction of displacement functions for 2 D truss and beam elements.

Unit-4 Applications of FEM 7 hours

Applications of FEM for the analysis of fine truss, continuous beam and simple plane frame problems.

Part B
Unit-5 Analysis of 2D continuum Problems 7 hours

Elements and shape functions, Triangular, rectangular and quadrilateral elements, different types of elements, their characteristics and suitability for application.

Unit-6 Polynomial shape functions 6 hours

Polynomial shape functions, Lagrange’s and Hermitian polynomials, compatibility and convergence requirements of shape functions.

Unit-7 Theory of Isoparametric Elements 7 hours

Isoparametric, subparametric and super- parametric elements, characteristics of isoparametric quadrilateral elements.

Unit-8 FEM Program 6 hours

Structure of computer program for FEM analysis, description of different modules, pre and post processing.

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