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

2. 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.Finite Elements for 2-D Problems 14.Finite Element Modeling and Solution Techniques 15.Plate and Shell Elements 16.Solid Elements for 3-D Problems 17.Structural Vibration and Dynamics 18.Introduction to Ansys Workbench ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp 2Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

3. ME 520 Fundementals of Finite Element Analysis References  Cook D.C., Finite Element Modeling for Stress Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 1995  Kattan P.I., Matlab Guide to Finite Elements An Interactive Approach, Springer, 2002  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.  http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/cas/courses.d/IFEM.d/ http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/cas/courses.d/IFEM.d/ ME 520 Dr. Ahmet Zafer Şenalp 3Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

4. 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