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MEC-2436 Finite Element Method, 6 cr

Person responsible

Jarmo Poutala, Sami Pajunen

Lessons

Study type	P1	P2	P3	P4	Summer	Implementations	Lecture times and places
Lectures Excercises			3 h/week  2 h/week	+3 h/week +2 h/week		MEC-2436 2011-01	Wednesday 10 - 12, K1308 Thursday 9 - 10, K1308

Requirements

Exercises, personal exercise works and a written examination.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

Student knows how to apply finite element method to structural mechanis problems. Student is able to analyse linear static problems of trusses, beams, disks, plates and shells using computer programmes.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Basic concepts of finite element method of Strength of Materials. Concept of spatial discretation of material domain. Interpolation functions and numerical integration. Different types of elements. Applications to different linear structural problems.	Use of computer programs (ANSYS, ABAQUS, etc)

Evaluation criteria for the course

Passed written examination or written intermediate examinations and accepted exercises.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering	T., R., Chandrupatla, and A., D., Belegundu			2nd Edition. Prentice-Hall, 1997.		English

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Correspondence of content

Course	Corresponds course	Description
MEC-2436 Finite Element Method, 6 cr	MEC-2430 Finite Element Method, 6 cr
MEC-2436 Finite Element Method, 6 cr	TME-2306 Finite Element Method, 6 cr

More precise information per implementation

Implementation	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
MEC-2436 2011-01	Introduction to the theory and practical aspects of the Finite Element Method. The main focus is on linear static FEM-analysis of structures (trusses, frames, plates and solids). FEM-program ANSYS is utilized in the practical works of the course.	Lectures Excercises Practical works	Contact teaching: 60 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 40 %

Last modified

15.05.2012