Finite element1 (International students)

This course is designed to cover the following subjects; • Basic idea behind finite element method • Description and application of direct stiffness method • Description and application of energy method • Finite element solution of trusses • Finite element solution of sturm-liouville equation • Finite element solution of beams • Finite element solution of frames • Application of the following weighted residual methods • point collocation method • subdomain collocation method • Method of least squares • Galerkin's method • Introduction to constant strain triangular element (CST element) • Introduction to plate element