Introduction to Finite Element Method

Overview

Computational methods in design and manufacturing - Application of finite element analysis - Basis of finite element analysis - Stiffness Matrix - Surface forces and Body forces - Difference between stress vector and stress tensor - Sigma and Delta - Normal stress and Shear stress - Additive decomposition - Strain energy density - Stress and Strain - Three dimensional behavior - Functional - Stiffness matrix - Finite element analysis - Initial strain and initial stress - Displacement - Interpolation - Isoparametric formulation - Stiffness matrix - Isoparametric elements - Coordinate system - Stiffnesses - Reduced integration - Steady state and transient - Kappa matrix for isotropic material - Trapezoidal rule - Boundary condition - Zeros matrix - Contact definition - Manufacturing process - Finite element analysis - plane stress, plane strain,axi-symmetric, three-dimensional solid elements