Department of Mechanics and Materials
Basic mathematical formulation of the Finite Element Method. Direct Stiffness Method used in structural mechanics. Evaluation of stiffness matrices for the basic elements using variational principles. Element formulation (bar and beam elements, CST, LST, quadrilateral, tetrahedral and brick elements). Natural coordinates, natural shape functions and isoparametric representation. Numerical integration. Introduction to dynamics. FEM programming.
Department of Mechanics and Materials
The course builds upon the knowledge gained in basic mechanics courses in bachelor study (especially Statics and Elasticity) in the field of mathematical theory of elasticity. Emphasis is placed on plane and axisymmetric problems, as well as on the calculation of stress and strain in plates and shells. Students are further acquainted with methods of modeling the behavior of subsoil used in the design of line structures.