Finite element method
Module description:
valid for matriculations after 2012
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hendrike Raßbach
Teaching language: English
Contact hours/credits: 1 hour lectures, 3 hour lab-work per week, 5 credits (ECP)
Course objectives: On completion of this course, the students should have some basic knowledge on the method of finite elements and they should be able to build up simple FEM-models. Some examples will be solve with the program ANSYS
Teaching method: Lectures, computer work
Grading: Project work
Comments: Requirement: knowledge in technical mechanics
Work load: Presence 60 h + self study 90 h = 150 hours = 5 Credit Points
Course contents:
- Basic Ideas of the Method of Finite Elements
- Different Finite Elements for Structural Mechanics
- The Applications of FEA
- Basic Procedure
- Creating a FEA-Model
- Accuracy, Reliability, Errors, Possibilities for Verification
- Structure of FEAPrograms
- ANSYS – The Layout of the GUI
- Goal and Starting- Point of a FE-Analysis
- Reasonable Simplifications
- Coupling of FEA and CAD-Programs
- Examples
Literature:
- Adams, V., Askenazi, A.; “Building Better Products with Finite Element Analysis”, On Word Press, 1999, SAN 694-0269
- Saeed Moaveni; “Finite Element Analysis”; Pearson Education, 2003, ISBN 0-13-191857-5
