Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology

Civil Engineering Department

Course Handout
Course Title: FINITE EEMENT METH!D "CE #$%&
Year and Semester: I' year II semester
Contact Hours per week: #
Course Coordinator: (yed (ira)ul Ha*
Course Coordinator Phone: %+++#,+%,$
Course Coordinator Email- ssha*.m)college/ac/in
Course Coordinator Location: $0,123
Course Coordinator Availability:
4ednesdays- ,5/55 to ,,/55 am
Thursdays- ,/15 pm to 1/,5 pm
Prere!uisite Courses and Assumed "nowled#e and Capabilities:
To take this course the student should have the 6asic kno7ledge of engineering
mechanics8 strength of materials8 6asic calculus8 differential e*uations8 matri9 analysis/
Course $escription:
This course introduces the theoretical 6asics and practical application of the finite element
method to ,D8 :D and 1D solid mechanics pro6lems/
Course %utcomes:
!n successful completion of course students 7ill 6e a6le to-
Derive 6asic e*uations of theory of elasticity in ,2D8 :2D8 12D and
;9i9symmetric pro6lems
;pply <ayleigh2<it= method and >alerkin method to formulate FEM e*uations
and solve 6asic solid mechanics pro6lems/
Develop stiffness matrices and load vectors for 6ar8 truss and 6eam elements and
apply them to solve practical pro6lems/
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Develop shape functions and o6tain stiffness matrices and load vectors for :2D
elements like three noded triangular element8 four noded rectangular element8 four
noded and eight noded *uadrilateral elements and solve simple practical
pro6lems/
Develop shape functions and o6tain stiffness matrices and load vectors for three
noded a9isymmetric element and for 12D tetrahedron element/
%verview o& Learnin# Activities
,/ ectures and class room discussions
:/ Tutorials
%verview o& Learnin# 'esources
,/ ?rescri6ed Te9t 3ook
Chandrupatla8 T/ </ ":5,5&/ Introduction to finite elements in engineering "1rd
ed/&/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- ?HI earning/
@rishnamoorthy8 C/ (/ ",%A0&/ Finite element analysis- theory and
programming ":nd ed/&/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- Tata Mc>ra72Hill ?u6lishing/
Cook8 </ ":55:&/ Concepts and applications of finite element analysis/ Ne7
Delhi8 India- 4iley/
:/ <eference 3ooks
3athe8 @/ J/ ":55%&/ Finite element procedures/ Ne7 Delhi8 India- ?HI earning
<eddy8 J/ N/ ":55+&/ Introduction to the finite element method "1rd ed/&/ Ne7
Delhi8 India- Tata Mc>ra7 Hill Education/
Bienkie7ic=8 !/ !/ ":55$&/ Finite element method- its 6asis and fundamentals "+th
ed/&/ !9ford8 England- Elsevier
1/ Freely accessi6le internet sites
http-CC777/)ournals/elsevier/comCfinite2elements2in2analysis2and2designC
http-CCopensourceecology/orgC7ikiCFiniteDElementD;nalysis
#/ Handouts
%verview o& Assessment
,/ Class tests
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1/ ;ssignments
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