Finite Element Method And Its Application

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Radek Kolman, Ján Kopačka

Tutor:

Radek Kolman, Ján Kopačka

Supervisor:

Department of Mechanics and Materials

Synopsis:

Basic mathematical formulation of the Finite Element Method. Direct Stiffness Method used in structural mechanics. Evaluation of stiffness matrices for the basic elements using variational principles. Element formulation (bar and beam elements, CST, LST, quadrilateral, tetrahedral and brick elements). Natural coordinates, natural shape functions and isoparametric representation. Numerical integration. Introduction to dynamics. FEM programming.

Requirements:

not defined

Syllabus of lectures:

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Study Objective:

The theory of Finite Element Method applied to structural mechanics and dynamics is explained from engineering rather than from a purely mathematical point of view. The basic theory is explained together with the standard procedures taken in developing FE computer code using higher level programming language (Matlab).

Study materials:

O. C. Zienkiewicz and R. L. Taylor, The Finite Element Method: Volume 1 The Basis, 5th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. 2000.

K. J. Bathe, Finite Element Procedures, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey. 1995.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomFL:118 Kopačka J. 08:00–09:30 (lecture parallel588) Na Florenci 25
Wed
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master Full-Time DS from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time DS from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time IS (joint degree) from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time DS from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)
• Master Full-Time LA from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)