FEM beginner course (4cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

On completion of the course, the student will,
- be able to use FEM software in practical design tasks as a mechanical designer
- be able to create a simulation model of a structure based on CAD geometry for FE analysis
- be able to perform simple linear static analyses on a structure and be able to analyse the stress and displacement results produced by the software

The student will also strengthen his/her computer aided design skills, analysis skills and technical reporting skills.

Content

- familiarisation with the structure of FEA software
- basic concepts of the element method: element mesh, element, node, degree of freedom
- simplification and preprocessing of geometry
- element types
- Linear elastic analysis
- Boundary conditions and loads
- solution and discussion of results

Location and time

Distance learning using Teams. Commonly also classroom learning is available.

Materials

Lecture material in Moodle.

Teaching methods

This course consists of lectures and practical exercises using FEM-software. Student needs to have access for a basic level FEM-software in order to be able to study this course.

Student workload

Course contains approximately 80h of work.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2): Student understands phenomena related to subject in general level. Student is able to answer to theory questions related to subject. Student is also able to identify and analyze the most relevant formulas related to subject.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4): Student is able to answer correctly to theory questions related to subject. In addition student knows how to apply calculation formulas to real life calculation problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): Student understands the phenomena related to subject and is able to apply calculation methods to real life dimensioning problems.

Qualifications

Strength of Materials 1