SSM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Dindigul-624002.
LECTURE PLAN
Duration of the semester as From :18.12.2017
Academic Year 2017-2018
per academic calendar To :10.04.2018
Name of the
Department Mechanical Engineering Semester VI
Subject Code & ME6603 – Finite Element Total Hours as
45
Name Analysis per syllabus
Name of the staff
with designation & Mr.A.Hari Prakash
Department Assistant Professor / Mechanical
Department Parent dept. Other dept.
Regular / Elective Regular Subject
GE6253 – ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Prerequisites Knowledge CE6306 – STRENEGHT OF MATERIALS
Duration One semester Credit Units : 3
Class / Laboratory Schedule 3-0-0-3 [L T PC]
1. Application of FEA with Matching POs and PSOs
Curriculum gap/ Content Beyond Syllabus Ansys Workbench PO:1,2,3,6,7,8,9,12
2.Case Studies PSO: 1,2
Students are able
1. To learn basic principles of finite element analysis
procedure.
2. To learn the theory and characteristics of finite elements that
Course Objectives represent engineering structures.
3. To learn and apply finite element solutions to structural,
thermal, dynamic problem to develop the knowledge and skills
needed to effectively evaluate finite element analyses
performed by others.
4. Learn to model complex geometry problems and solution
techniques.
5. To provide commercial software package to solve problems
in heat transfer, mechanics of materials and machine design.
CO Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
1. Students will be able to understand the PO 01 # Engineering knowledge
concepts behind variational methods and PO 02 # Problem analysis
weighted residual methods in FEM PO 03 # Design/development of solutions
2. Students will be able to identify the
PO 04 # Conduct investigations of complex problems
application and characteristics of FEA
PO 05 # Modern tool usage
elements such as bars, beams, plane and
PO 06 # The engineer and society
isoparametric elements, and 3-D element
3. Students will be able to develop element PO 07 # Environment and sustainability
characteristic equation procedure and PO 08 # Ethics
generation of global stiffness equation will PO 09 # Individual and team work
be applied. PO 10 # Communication
4. Students will be able to apply Suitable PO 11# Project management and finance
boundary conditions to a global structural PO 12# Life-long learning
equation, and reduce it to a solvable form.
Students will be able to identify how the
5.
finite element method expands beyond the
structural domain, for problems involving
dynamics, heat transfer, and fluid flow.
 Books For Study
TEXT BOOKS
1. Reddy. J.N., “An Introduction to the Finite Element Method”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill,2005
2. Seshu, P, “Text Book of Finite Element Analysis”, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,2007.
REFERENCES
1. Rao, S.S., “The Finite Element Method in Engineering”, 3rd Edition, Butterworth Heinemann,
2004
2. Logan, D.L., “A first course in Finite Element Method”, Thomson Asia Pvt. Ltd., 2002
3. Robert D. Cook, David S. Malkus, Michael E. Plesha, Robert J. Witt, “Concepts and
Applications of Finite Element Analysis”, 4th Edition, Wiley Student Edition, 2002.
4. Chandrupatla&Belagundu, “Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering”, 3rd Edition,
5. Prentice Hall College Div, 1990 BhattiAsghar M, "Fundamental Finite Element Analysis and
Applications", John Wiley & Sons,2005 (Indian Reprint 2013)*
CO – PO MATRIX
CO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2
CO1  - - - - -   - - - -  
CO2  - - - - -   - - - -  
CO3  - - - - -   - - - -  
CO4  - - - -    - - - -  
CO5  - - - -    - - - -  
CO6  - - - -    - - - -  

UNIT – I: INTRODUCTION
Planned
Page No.
Sl. Cumulative Ref. Teaching Executed
Topics to be covered in ref. Remarks
No Hours Book Method Date
Date Hour book

Introduction of FEA
1 18.12.2017 5,6 2 T1 1 BB
&Historical Background
Mathematical Modeling
2 19.12.2017 4 3 of field problems in T1 2 BB
Engineering
3 20.12.2017 4 4 GoverningEquations T1 27 BB
Discrete and continuous
4 22.12.2017 1 5 T2 41 BB
models
Boundary, Initial and
5 23.12.2017 2 6 T1 33 BB
Eigen Value problems
WeightedResidual
6 26.12.2017 4 7 T2 16 BB
Methods
Variational Formulation
7 27.12.2017 4 8 of Boundary Value T2 36 BB
Problems
29.12.2017 1
8 10 RitzTechnique T2 75 BB
30.12.2017 2
02.01.2018 4
9 12 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
03.01.2018 4
10 05.01.2018 1 --- Unit Test I --- --- ---
 UNIT – II:ONE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS
One Dimensional Second
11 06.01.2018 2 13 T2 89 BB
Order Equations
12 08.01.2018 5,6 15 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
13 09.01.2018 4 16 Discretization T1 106 BB
Element types, Linear and
14 10.01.2018 4 17 T1 108 BB
Higher order Elements
Derivation of Shape
15 12.01.2018 1 18 T2 101 BB
functions
Derivation of stiffness
16 17.01.2018 4 19 T2 102 BB
matrices and force vectors
17 19.01.2018 1 20 Assembly of Matrices T2 102 BB
Solution of problems
18 20.01.2018 2 21 from solid mechanics& T2 132 BB
Heat transfer
19 22.01.2018 5,6 23 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
20 23.01.2018 4 --- Internal Test I --- --- ---
21 24.01.2018 4 --- Internal Test I --- --- ---
22 29.01.2018 5,6 25 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
23 30.01.2018 4 --- Internal Test I --- --- ---
24 01.02.2018 4 26 Heat transfer problems T2 132 BB
Longitudinal
25 02.02.2018 1 27 T2 232 BB
vibrationfrequencies
26 03.02.2018 2 28 Mode shapes T2 235 BB
27 05.02.2018 5,6 30 Tutorial Problems
Transverse
28 06.02.2018 4 31 deflections&Naturalfrequ T2 240 BB
encies of beams
Fourth Order Beam
29 07.02.2018 4 32 T2 253 BB
Equation

UNIT - III: TWO DIMENSIONAL SCALAR VARIABLE PROBLEMS

Second Order 2D
30 09.02.2018 1 33 Equations involving R4 130 BB
Scalar Variable Functions
31 12.02.2018 5,6 35 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
FiniteElement
32 13.02.2018 4 36 formulation&Variational R4 131 BB
formulation
33 14.02.2018 4 37 Triangular elements R4 133 BB
34 16.02.2018 1 --- Unit Test - II --- --- ---
35 17.02.2018 2 38 Shape functions R4 139 BB
36 19.02.2018 5,6 40 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
Element matrices and
37 20.02.2018 4 41 R4 140 BB
vectors
Application to Field
38 21.02.2018 4 42 R4 152 BB
Problems
39 23.02.2018 1 43 Thermal problems R4 157 BB
40 26.02.2018 5,6 45 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
41 27.02.2018 4 --- Internal Test II --- --- ---
42 28.02.2018 4 --- Internal Test II --- --- ---
 Torsion of Non circular
43 02.03.2018 1 45 R4 331 BB
shafts
Quadrilateralelements&Hi
44 03.03.2018 2 46 R4 275 BB
gher Order Elements.

UNIT - IV: TWO DIMENSIONAL VECTOR VARIABLE PROBLEMS

Equations of
45 05.03.2018 5,6 48 elasticity&Plane stress R4 208 BB
problems
46 06.03.2018 4 49 Plane strain problems R4 214 BB
47 07.03.2018 4 50 Axisymmetric problems R4 178 BB
Body forces, temperature
48 09.03.2018 1 51 effects&Stress R4 191 BB
calculations
49 12.03.2018 5,6 53 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
50 13.03.2018 4 54 Plate and shell elements R4 193 BB

UNIT - V: ISO PARAMETRIC FORMULATION

Natural co-ordinate
51 14.03.2018 4 55 R4 208 BB
systems
52 16.03.2018 1 56 Isoparametric elements R4 208 BB
Shape functions for iso
53 17.03.2018 2 57 R4 208 BB
parametric elements
Shape functions for one
dimensional element and
54 19.03.2018 5,6 59 R4 211 BB
for two dimensional
element
55 20.03.2018 4 --- Internal Test III --- --- ---
56 21.03.2018 4 --- Internal Test III --- --- ---
57 23.03.2018 1 60 Serendipity elements R4 213 BB
Numerical integration and
58 24.03.2018 2 61 application to planestress R4 214 BB
problems
59 26.03.2018 5,6 63 Tutorial Problems --- --- ---
Matrix solution
60 27.03.2018 4 64 R4 220 BB
techniques
Solutions Techniques to
61 28.03.2018 4 65 R4 367 BB
Dynamic problems
Application of FEA with
5,6,
62 02.04.2018 69 Ansys Workbench & Case --- --- ---
7,8
studies
*BB-Black Board, OHP-Over Head Projector, PP-Power point (LCD Projector)
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