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Finite Element Method in Mechanics

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 330-0903/04
Abbreviation MKPME
Course title Finite Element Method in Mechanics
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Zdeněk Poruba, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Variational Methods. Principle of stationary potential energy. Potential energy of an elastic body. Bar and Beam Elements. Shape functions. Stiffness matrix. Boundary conditions. Applied mechanical loads. Equilibrium equations. Stresses. Solution of equations. Basic Elements. Stress-strain relations. Interpolation and shape functions. Linear triangle. Rectangular solid elements. Numerical integration. One, two and three dimension applications. Elasticity relations. FEM in Structural Dynamics. Dynamic equation. Mass and damping matrices. Natural frequencies and mode shapes, solutions method. Response History. Modal methods. Harmonic response. Direct integration methods-explicit or implicit.

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

REDDY, J.N., An Introduction Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford
University Press, 2004, p. 463, ISBN 0-19-852529-X

WRIGGERS, P., Nichtlineare Finite-Element Metoden, Springer, 2005, p. 495, ISBN
3-540-67747

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

Advised literature

Examples for ANSYS solutions: http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/

Zhi-Hua Zhong. Finite Element Procedures for Contact-Impact Problems. Oxford
University Press, 1993, p. 371, ISBN 0-19 856383-3 

WRIGGERS, P., Nichtlineare Finite-Element Metoden, Springer, 2005, p. 495, ISBN
3-540-67747