Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE6270 : Advanced Computational Laboratory { 0-0-3 / 2}
Subject Nature : Practical
Coordinator : Dr. Subhajit Mondal
Syllabus
Matlab Code for Finite Element Programming for the structures of different elements:
1. Spring Element
2. Two-noded bar element
3. Three-noded bar element
4. Use of symbolic computation for the derivation of the shape function
5. Beam element
6. Analysis of trusses
7. Analysis of beams with various boundary conditions and loadings
8. Analysis of frame structures
9. Plane stress element CST, LST, and Rectangular element
10. Isoparametric element
11. Kirchhoff plate bending element
12. Mindlin plate bending element
Course Objectives
- Students will be able to understand the basics of finite element method through programming codes.
- Students will be able to write the finite element code at the grass root level.
- Students will be able to solve mega-size problems comprising of different structural elements.
- Students will be able to know the various nuances of computer programming.
Course Outcomes
1. Enable the students to write computer code for various finite elements. <br />2. Enable the students to use the symbolic expression to calculate the stiffness matrices of finite elements. <br />3. Enable the students to analyze structures through computer codes.
Essential Reading
- P. I. Kattan, MATLAB Guide to Finite Elements: An Interactive Approach, Springer
- E. Hinton and D. .R. J. Owen, Finite Element Programmimg, Academic Press
Supplementary Reading
- William John Palm, III, Introduction to MATLAB for Engineers, McGraw-Hill
- D. L. Logan, A first course in the finite element method, Thomson