ME 520 Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp Mechanical Engineering Department Gebze Technical University

ME 520 Fundementals of Finite Element Analysis Course Contents 1.General introduction to finite element method 2.Review of Matrix Algebra 3.Spring Element 4.Introduction to MATLAB 5.Bar Element 6.Bar Elements in 2-D Space 7.Bar Elements in 3-D Space 8.Beam Element 9.Beam Element with axial force 10.Beam Elements in 2-D Space 11.Beam Elements in 3-D Space 12.2-D Problems 13.Linear Triangular Element 14.Quadratic Triangular Element 15.Bilinear Quadrilateral Element 16.Quadratic Quadrilateral Element ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp 2Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

ME 520 Fundementals of Finite Element Analysis References  Kattan P.I., Matlab Guide to Finite Elements An Interactive Approach, Springer, 2002  Chen X., Liu Y., Finite Element Modeling and Simulation with Ansys Workbench, 2015  Cook D.C., Finite Element Modeling for Stress Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 1995  Logan, D.,A First Course in the Finite Element Method, Second Edition, PWS Publishing Company, ITP,  Bickford,W.,A First Course in the Finite Element Method, Second Edition, Irwin Publishing,  Chandrupatla, T. and Belegundu, A., Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering, Second Edition, Prentice Hall,  ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp 3Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

ME 520 Fundementals of Finite Element Analysis Course Grading There will be weekly assigned homeworks those will be submitted at the following week’s lecture hour. There won’t be midterm or final examinations. Weekly homeworks will be distributed at the class and will be posted on the homeworks section of the course web page. Late homework submissions will not be accepted. ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp 4Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU