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Mathematical Modelling and FEM

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 470-6502/02
Abbreviation MMMKP
Course title Mathematical Modelling and FEM
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mathematics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Dalibor Lukáš, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

Mathematical modeling. Purpose and general principles of modeling. Benefits mathematical modeling. Proper use of mathematical models.
Differential formulation of mathematical models. One-dimensional task heat conduction and its mathematical formulation. Generalization of the model. Input data linearity, existence and uniqueness of solutions. Discrete input data. One-dimensional problems of elasticity and other models. Multivariate models.
Variational formulation of boundary problems. Weak formulation of boundary value problems and its relationship to classical solutions. Energy functional and energy formulation. Coercivity and boundedness. Uniqueness, continuous dependence solution to the input data. Existence and smoothness of the solution.
Ritz - Galerkin (RG) method. RG method. Method konenčných elements (FEM) as a special case of the RG method. History FEM.
Algorithm finite element method. Assembling the stiffness matrix and load vector. Taking into account the boundary conditions. Numerical solution of the system linear algebraic equations. Different types of finite elements.
Accuracy of finite element solutions. Priori estimate of the discretization errors. Convergence, h-and p-version FEM. Posteriori estimates. Design network FEM, adaptive technology and optimal network.
Software for FEM and its use for MM. Preprocessing and postprocessing. Commercial software systems. Solutions particularly challenging and special tasks. Principles of mathematical modeling using FEM.

Literature

K. Rektorys: Variational Methods in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. (Translation from Czech). Dortrecht—London—Boston, Reidel Publ. Co, 1st edition 1977,
2nd edition 1979. 566 pages
J. Nečas, I. Hlaváček: Mathematical Theory of Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Bodies: An. Introduction. Elsevier, Amsterdam-Oxford-New York, 1981; (Translation from Czech).
R. D. Cook: Finite element modelling for stress analysis, J. Wiley, New York, 1995.

Advised literature

C. Johnson: Numerical solution of partial differential equations by the finite element method, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995