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FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

Course Code 21MAES33 Credits 4


Hours/Week (L-T-P) 4-0-0 CIE Marks 50
Total Hrs 50 SEE Marks 50
Exam Hrs 03 Course Type Core
COURSE OUTCOMES
This course will enable students to,
1. Solve various approximation techniques for engineering applications.
2. Carry out Structural analysis of bar and beam elements for static and dynamic loadings
3. Construct CST Element – LST Element and sole heat transfer problems
4. Analyse Isoparametric elements and solve static analysis and heat transfer problems.
5. Construct solution schemes for dynamics and stability problems.

COURSE CONTENTS
UNIT -1- (10 Hrs)
Introduction: Review of various approximate methods – Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin and
Finite Difference Methods - Stiffness and flexibility matrices for simple cases - Basic
concepts of finite element method - Formulation of governing equations and convergence
criteria.
UNIT -2- (10 Hrs)
Discrete elements: Structural analysis of bar and beam elements for static and dynamic
loadings. Bar of varying section – Temperature effects Program Development and use of
software package for application of bar and beam elements for static, dynamic and stability
analysis.
Unit -3- (10 hrs)
Continuum elements: Plane stress, Plane strain and Axisymmetric problems – CST
Element – LST Element. Consistent and lumped load vectors. Use of local co-ordinates.
Numerical integration. Application to heat transfer problems. Solution for 2-D problems
(static analysis and heat transfer) using software packages.
UNIT -4- (10 Hrs)
Isoparametric elements: Definition and use of different forms of 2-D and 3-D elements. -
Formulation of element stiffness matrix and load vector. Solution for 2-D problems (static
analysis and heat transfer) using software packages.
UNIT -5- (10Hrs)
Solution schemes: Different methods of solution of simultaneous equations governing
static, dynamics and stability problems. General purpose Software packages.
TEXT BOOKS /REFERENCE BOOKS
1. C.S. Krishnamurthy, “Finite Elements Analysis”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1987.
2. K.J. Bathe and E.L. Wilson, “Numerical Methods in Finite Elements Analysis”, Prentice
Hall of India Ltd., 1983.
3. Robert D. Cook, David S. Malkus, Michael E. Plesha and Robert J. Witt “Concepts and
Applications of Finite Element Analysis”, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
4. S.S.Rao, “Finite Element Method in Engineering”, Butterworth, Heinemann Publishing, 3rd
Edition, 1998
5. Segerlind, L.J. “Applied Finite Element Analysis”, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons
Inc., New York, 1984.
6. Tirupathi R. Chandrupatla and Ashok D. Belegundu, Introduction to Finite Elements in
Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2002
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