FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
- Course
- MCLE574 - FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
- Department
- Mechanical Engineering - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course trains students to solve complex engineering structural mechanics problems with finite element analysis. The course provides deep insight into the operation of finite element analysis software by teaching you the underlying computational methods involved. Students will be taught to execute a detailed finite element study including planning, modelling, meshing, solving, evaluating results and validating against real world data. Strong and weak statements of boundary value problems are discussed and the concept of finite element discretization and finite interpolatory schemes are covered. The following topics are included during the semester the isoparametric concept, rogramming techniques for numerically integrated finite elements, implemntation of finite element model and solution methods
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and applications in Mechanical Engineering |
| Week 2 | Fundamentals of FEM: Nodes, Elements, Degrees of Freedom, Stiffness Matrix |
| Week 3 | Types of Elements and Selection of Appropriate Element Types |
| Week 4 | ANSYS Workbench: Interface, Geometry Creation, Engineering Data and Material Properties |
| Week 5 | Meshing in ANSYS: Element Size, Mesh Quality and Mesh Independence, Boundary Conditions, Loads and Contacts in ANSYS |
| Week 6 | Structural Analysis in ANSYS: Stress, Strain and Total Deformation |
| Week 7 | Tensile Test – Experimental Procedure and Theoretical Analysis |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | midterm Exam |
| Week 10 | Tensile Test Simulation in ANSYS and interpretation of stress–strain results |
| Week 11 | Bending Test – Experimental Procedure and Theoretical Analysis |
| Week 12 | Bending Test Simulation in ANSYS and analysis of stress and deformation |
| Week 13 | Comparison of ANSYS, Theoretical and Experimental Results |
| Week 14 | Advanced Structural Analysis in ANSYS and Engineering Applications |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
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