Finite element1 (International students)

The 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 (1) point collocation method subdomain collocation method (2) (3) Method of least squares (4) Galerkin's method Introduction to constant strain triangular element (CST element) Introduction to plate element