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FEM II

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 330-0512/02
Abbreviation MKPII
Course title FEM II
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Horyl, CSc., dr.h.c.

Subject syllabus

1. Dynamics and FEM
2. Mass matrix
3. Equations of motion of elastic systems
4. Natural frequencies and mode shapes
- properties and normalization of mode shapes
- methods for computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors
5. Reduction of the number of DOf in dynamics
6. Response history: modal method
- proportional damping matrix
- vibration caused by initial conditions
- harmonic response
- general excitation
7. Response history: direct integration method (implicit and explicit methods)
8. Principles of solution nonlinear static problems, fundamental numeric solution of contacts in FEM
9. Newton-Raphson method, arc-length method

Literature

Cook R. D., Malkus D.S., Plesha M.E., Witt R.J. CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS OF
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS. 4th edition. J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. NY, 2002, p. 719,
ISBN 0-471-35605-0
Examples for ANSYS solutions: http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/
REDDY, J.N., An Introduction Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford
University Press, 2004, p. 463, ISBN 0-19-852529-X
BHATTI, M. A., Fundamental Finite Element Analysis and Applications: with
Mathematica and Matlab Computations, Wiley, 2005, p.590, ISBN 0-471-64808-6
HORYL, P. FEM Finite Element Method Introduction,2014,https://www.fs.vsb.cz/330/cs/MKP-II/

Advised literature

BHATTI,M.A., Advanced Topics in Finite Element Analysis of Structures: with
Mathematica and Matlab Computations, Wiley, 2006, p.590, ISBN-13 978-0-471-
64807-9