1) Introduction: History and applications. Spring and bar elements, Minimum potential energy principle, Direct stiffness method, Nodal equilibrium equations, Assembly of global stiffness matrix, Element strain and stress
📌 Assignment 1
2) Beam Elements: Flexure element, Element stiffness matrix, Element load vector
📌 Assignment 2
3) Method of Weighted Residuals: Galerkin finite element method, Application to structural elements, Interpolation functions, Compatibility and Completeness requirements, Polynomial form applications
📌 Assignment 3
4) Types: Triangular Elements, Rectangular Elements, Three-dimensional elements, Iso-parametric Formulation, Axis-Symmetric elements, Numerical integration, Gaussian quadrature
📌 Assignment 4
5) Application to Solid Mechanics: Plane stress, CST element, Plane strain rectangular element, Isoparametric formulation of the plane quadrilateral element, Axis-symmetric stress analysis, Strain and stress computations
📌 Assignment 5
6) Computer Implementation: Use of commercial FEA Software, Pre-processing, Solution, Post-processing
📌 Assignment 6