ME 520 Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp e-mail: azsenalp@gmail.com Mechanical Engineering Department Gebze Technical University

ME 520 Fundementals of Finite Element Analysis Course Contents General introduction to finite element method Review of Matrix Algebra Introduction to MATLAB Spring Element Bar Element Bar Elements in 2-D Space Bar Elements in 3-D Space Beam Element Beam Element with axial force Beam Elements in 2-D Space Beam Elements in 3-D Space 2-D Problems Linear Triangular Element Quadratic Triangular Element Bilinear Quadrilateral Element Quadratic Quadrilateral Element The Linear Tetrahedral (Solid) Element ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

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, 1993. Bickford,W.,A First Course in the Finite Element Method, Second Edition, Irwin Publishing, 1994. Chandrupatla, T. and Belegundu, A., Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1997. http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/cas/courses.d/IFEM.d/ ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU