CE 307: FINITE ELEMENT METHODS IN SOLID MECHANICS – E05/MPR

Lecture 1 – 12 January 2009

================================================================================================

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM IN SOLID

MECHANICS

SURFACE - s
Y
P

p VOLUME- v
b
O
X
Z

GIVEN: Geometry (volume, surface)

Material (E, v, 6y etc.)
Supports (prescribed displacements)
Loadings (concentrated, distributed)

FIND: Internal Forces & Stresses

Displacements & Strains
This is a field problem which, in general,
requires the solution of a
Partial Differential Equation - PDE
(Or in special cases an Ordinary Differential Equation – ODE )

1
2
3
4
SHELLS

THIN SHELLS OF VARIOUS SHAPES

5
THIN SHELLS (WATER TANKS)

6
THIN SHELL - STUPA

7
8
THICK SHELL – VICTORIA DAM

9
 SOLID
Axisymmetric (except square chamber)

10