339-0304 – Finite Element Methods 1 (MKP1)

Gurantor department	Department of Mechanics of Materials
Subject guarantor	prof. Ing. Radim Halama, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate

Subject version
Version code	Year of introduction	Year of cancellation	Credits
339-0304/01	2002/2003	2014/2015	6
339-0304/02	2002/2003	2014/2015	5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students gain the theoretical foundations of the finite element method (FEM) and the procedures for solving problems of elasticity using the numerical method. Basic training of FEM application on the selected tasks from engineering practice.

Teaching methods

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Summary

The subject forms the basis for the use of finite element method in engineering practice. Contents are general formulation of continuum mechanics, fundamentals linearization, introduction to variational methods, finally FEM applications to specific types of problems of linear elasticity.

Compulsory literature:

[1] MADENCI, E., GUVEN, I. The Finite Element Method and Applications in Engineering Using Ansys®. Springer, 2006, 686p. ISBN 978-0-387-28290-9

Recommended literature:

[2] BEER,G.-WATSON,J.O. Introduction to Finite and Boundary Element Methods for Engineers. John Wiley  Sons, 1992, 509p.ISBN 0 471 92813 5

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.