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